Insert data to MySql DB and display if insertion is success or failure

Question

I am inserting data to a MySQL DB, In case if the insertion fails i need to give an appropriate error message indicating so. According to my code below i will be Echo-

Answer 1

if (mysql_query("INSERT INTO PEOPLE (NAME ) VALUES ('COLE')")or die(mysql_error())) {
  echo 'Success';
} else {
  echo 'Fail';
} 

Although since you have or die(mysql_error()) it will show the mysql_error() on the screen when it fails. You should probably remove that if it isnt the desired result