how to use DATE FORMAT in my query?

Question

this works on phpmyadmin , but gives me and error when I am using on the code, the error says ,Parse error: syntax error, unexpected \'%\'....

whats wrong with my sintax

Answer 1

It's because your string is terminated by single quotes $database->setQuery(' - just change to double quotes and it will work.

$database->setQuery(" ");

Answer 2

You have to escape the ' mark. So instead of

    DATE_FORMAT(quizSession.finished_on,'%M %d, %Y')

try

    DATE_FORMAT(quizSession.finished_on,\'%M %d, %Y\')

Or you can just use double quotes " to start and end the string.