PHP/MySQL - SQL syntax error?

Question

Now when I submit the character \' I get the following error listed below other then that everything is okay when I submit words. I am using htmlentities()

Answer 1

put your SQL query into a variable e.g.

$query = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE field= ".mysql_real_escape_string($var)."";

echo $query;

$result = mysql_query($query);

you can then inspect what is actually sent to mysql as the query