MySQL error when inserting data containing apostrophes (single quotes)?

Question

When I an insert query contains a quote (e.g. Kellog\'s), it fails to insert a record.

ERROR MSG:

You have an error in your SQL s

Answer 1

You should pass the variable or data inside mysql_real_escape_string(trim($val)), where $val is the data on which you are getting an error.

If you enter the text, i.e., "I love Kellog's", we have a ' in the string so it will break the query. To avoid it you need to store data in a variable like this $val = "I love Kellog's".

Now, this should work:

$goodval = mysql_real_escape_string(trim($val));