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I've been trying to get a form to insert records to a MySQL database using a form, but for some reason it errors out on me and I can't figure out why.
Here is the code that processes the request:
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST'){
// database connection
try {
$dbh = new PDO('mysql:host='.$host.';dbname='.$dbName, $dbUser, $dbPass);
$dbh -> setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$dbh -> exec("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Error!: " . $e->getMessage() . "<br/>";
die();
}
// new data
$title = $_POST["txtTitle"];
$description = $_POST["txtDesc"];
$content = $_POST["txtContent"];
$sql = "INSERT INTO tblPageContent
SET (PageTitle, Description, PageContent)
VALUES (:title, :desc, :content)";
try {
$update = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$update->bindParam(":title",$title, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$update->bindParam(":desc",$description, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$update->bindParam(":content",$content, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$update->execute();
$id = $update->dbh->lastInsertId();
$update->dbh->commit();
echo $id;
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Data could not be updated in the database.";
echo $e;
exit;
}
}
Whenever I try to use it, I end up with this:
exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error
or access violation: 1064 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 '(PageTitle, Description, PageContent) VALUES
('Awards', 'This is a test', '' at line 2'
I've tried tweaking the SQL syntax, but I still can't get it to work. Is there something I'm missing here?

Answer 1

Your insert syntax is WRONG.
The correct syntax is:
insert into tblPageContent (pageTitle, Description, PageContent)
values (:title, :desc, :content)
I recommend you have MySQL reference manual at hand

Answer 2

In your SQL, take out the SET before the first (. You use SET in updates, not inserts.