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PHP

Posted by Prathap Ramachandran
Prathap Ramachandran
798 Points

PHP SQL

I am new to PHP and MYSQL, I am trying to do a simple insert into db but not able to can some one help. code below.

I am using the same db what i got from the study material

The error is.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'INTO' (T_STRING) in C:\xampp\htdocs\basicform.php on line 29

PHP code

try{ $db = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=shirts4mike","root",""); $db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); $db->exec("SET NAMES 'utf8'");

}
catch(Exception $e){
    echo "Could not connect to the database.";
    exit;
}

try{
    INSERT INTO `products` (`sku`, `name`, `img`, `price`, `paypal`) VALUES(101, 'Logo Shirt, Red', 'img/shirts/shirt-101.jpg', 18.00, '9P7DLECFD4LKE');

}catch(Exception $e){
    echo "No No NO";
    exit;
}

2 Answers

John W
John W
21,558 Points

You can't just execute a MySQL query in PHP, you need to send the query as a string through an API, presumably through the PDO instance $db you declared earlier. Something like $db->query("INSERT INTO...") might be what you are looking for.

Prathap Ramachandran
Prathap Ramachandran
798 Points
Prathap Ramachandran
Prathap Ramachandran
798 Points

Thank you John.