Error when inserting into sql database using php

Question

I have a program with a MySQL insert query:

        $sql = \"INSERT INTO people (person_id, name, username, password, email, salt)
                VALUES ($perso         


        

Answer 1

You're missing quotes around your string values:

$sql = "INSERT INTO people (person_id, name, username, password, email, salt)
            VALUES ($person_id, '$name', '$username', '$password', '$email', '$salt')";