php - mysql help

Hello,

I am trying to right a select function in php to call from a mysql database:

$sql= "SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE 'row' = '$name' " ;
$result=mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());


I keep getting the error:

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 '' at line 2

i have tried removing the single quotes...changing which values has quotes, where the quote appears, but nothing works....

any help would be greatly appreciated....

Thanks in advance

 

Try changing ' to ` at the row part. Either use backticks for table and column names or use nothing.

$sql= "SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `row` = '$name' " ;

or

$sql= "SELECT * FROM table WHERE row = '$name' " ;

 

Try:

$sql= "SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `row` = '$name' ";

PHP:

As your $sql query line.

Jay

 

thank you jestep......it worked...i appreciate the help...

jayshah, i didnt try your code, since it worked i don't want to mess it up......but thank you as well...