Sometimes you happen to have a problem with one of your MySQL queries and you simply can’t seem to understand why.
Well, one thing that helps is to use the mysql_error() function.
This function returns the message of the MySQL error you’re getting.
Example:
$action = “INSERT INTO table (name, address, dob) VALUES (‘$name’, ‘$address’, ‘$dob’)”;
$query = mysql_query($action) or die(mysql_error());
If we happen to get a problem with our MySQL error the script execution will stop (by using the die() function) and the MySQL error message will be returned (by using the mysql_error() function).
