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why i cant insert into a field in a table in mysql things like "." "?" "," ?????

i have a field in a table and i want to insert in it this symbols
?
.
,
'
but its not working
why is that?

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vibrazy

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mgtm3

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look att the code and tell me what to do?

<?php
 
include 'cpoll.php';
 
 
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$op1 = $_POST['op1'];
$op2 = $_POST['op2'];
$op3 = $_POST['op3'];
$op4 = $_POST['op4'];
$op5 = $_POST['op5'];
$op6 = $_POST['op6'];
$op7 = $_POST['op7'];
$op8 = $_POST['op8'];
$op9 = $_POST['op9'];
$op10 = $_POST['op10'];
$op11 = $_POST['op11'];
$op12 = $_POST['op12'];
$gen=$_POST['gen'];
 
 
$result = mysqli_query($link, "SELECT count(*) FROM $gen");
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_NUM);
$row[0]++;
$pollname="poll".$gen.$row[0];
echo $pollname; 
 
 
 
echo "subject - ".$subject."<br />op1 - ".$op1."<br />op2 - ".$op2."<br />op3 - ".$op3."<br />op4 - ".$op4."<br />op5 - ".$op5."<br />gen - ".$gen;
 
$sql = "CREATE TABLE $pollname (
`id` int( 255 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `subject` VARCHAR( 700 )NOT NULL,
        `op1` VARCHAR( 700 )NOT NULL,
        `op2` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
        `op3` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
        `op4` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
        `op5` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
		 `op6` VARCHAR( 700 )NOT NULL,
        `op7` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
        `op8` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
        `op9` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
        `op10` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
		`op11` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
        `op12` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
            `date` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
            `user` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
			            `comment` text NOT NULL,
 
            `gen` VARCHAR( 700 ) NOT NULL,
            
        PRIMARY  KEY ( `id` )
       )";
 
 
 
 
 
mysqli_query($link,$sql);
 
mysqli_close($link);
unset($link);
include 'cpoll.php';
 
$f = "INSERT INTO $pollname (op1,op2,op3,op4,op5,subject,gen) VALUES ('$op1','$op2','$op3','$op4','$op5','$subject','$gen')";

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vibrazy

Try this, if that doesnt work, tell me what error you are getting.

Regards,
Vibrazy

$f = "INSERT INTO $pollname (op1,op2,op3,op4,op5,subject,gen) VALUES ('".$op1."','".$op2."','".$op3."','".$op4."','".$op5."','".$subject."','".$gen."')"; 
mysqli_query($link,$f);

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mgtm3

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can u write me the function to get the error ?

mgtm3

ASKER

o.k this what i got

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 's Day','Valentine's Day','Favorite holiday?','other')' at line 1

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mgtm3

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thanksssssssssssssssss

afzz

You can also do the following instead of individually changing the values

foreach($_POST as $key => $val){
${$key} = mysql_real_escape_string($val);
}

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why i cant insert into a field in a table in mysql things like &quot;.&quot; &quot;?&quot; &quot;,&quot; ?????

why i cant insert into a field in a table in mysql things like "." "?" "," ?????