“Unknown column in 'field list'”, but column does exist

Question

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `transactions`;
CREATE TABLE `transactions` (
  `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `purchase_date` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMAR         


        

Answer 1

I have had the same issue this morning and I didn't find my answer. But I found my problem when I changed the single quotes around my query to double quotes. Something so small and an oversight can cause a real headache.

Unknown column x in "field list" - Code below wrapped in single quotes - Non working.

    $likepost='INSERT INTO reaction(reaction_num,userreaction_id,timereacted,
    streamitem_id,comment_posted_on) 
    VALUES ($reaction,$target,NOW(),$streamid,$comment_id)';

Code below wrapped in double quotes. working

    $likepost="INSERT INTO reaction(reaction_num,userreaction_id,timereacted,
    streamitem_id,comment_posted_on) 
    VALUES ($reaction,$target,NOW(),$streamid,$comment_id)";