On Tuesday 15 October 2002 12:54, Phil Clark wrote: > I'm trying to insert the variable $hidden_manuf_id into a mysql_query() > statement. > > If i do this: > mysql_query("DELETE FROM product WHERE manufacturer=$hidden_manuf_id",$bb) > or die(mysql_error());
That should work iff manufacturer is a number. Otherwise you need single-quotes: "DELETE FROM product WHERE manufacturer='$hidden_manuf_id'" > PHP server doesn't see the variable because it is inside the string > quotes"". Actually you DO need the double-quotes in order for PHP interpret $hidden_manuf_id as a variable. What you really should do is split the above into two steps: $query = "DELETE FROM product WHERE manufacturer=$hidden_manuf_id"; mysql_query($query, $bb) or die("Error in $query :: " . mysql_error()); -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Check me if I'm wrong, Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers... they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key! */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php