Syntax error with IF EXISTS UPDATE ELSE INSERT

Question

I\'m using MySQL 5.1 hosted at my ISP. This is my query

mysql_query(\"
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM licensing_active WHERE title_1=\'$title_1\') THEN
    BEGIN
           


        

Answer 1

The syntax of your query is wrong. Checkout http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/control-flow-functions.html

Use the on duplicate key syntax to achieve the result you want. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/insert-select.html