It's not random. Strings need to be enclosed. You can use single or double quotes, but you have to use them.
---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Schwarzmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:19 AM Subject: [PHP] Queries - Sometimes I need to use apostrophe, other times idon't > When running a mysql_query, sometimes i need to have apostrophes > surrounding variables...other times i don't > > example... > > $query = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE id='$id'"; > > or > > $query = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE id=$id"; > > ...it kinda seems random when it wants apostrophes and when it doesn't > want them. > > Any ideas? > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
