Create mysql table with php variable not working

Question

I\'m pretty new to php.. and this is probably a stupid mistake... but I have no idea what is going on. I\'m trying to create a table in my database using php. I want to name

Answer 1

Add this after your SQL querys - (It really helps and speeds up error correcting time)

or die("A MySQL error has occurred.
Error: (" . mysql_errno() . ") " . mysql_error());

echos this in your instance:

A MySQL error has occurred. Error: (1064) You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' . ' ID INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, ' . ' please VARCH' at line 1

This then indicates to me that the error regards " & '.

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After changing the code to contain single quotes and executing it, there is now no echo.

   Error: (" . mysql_errno() . ") " . mysql_error());

    ?>

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Note: Please refer to the MySQLi extension when using SQL embedded in PHP. mysql_* is in a deprecation process.

Hope this helps.