MySQL Text Data Type Too Much? - php

Question

I have about 200 characters I'm trying to insert into my database under the data type longtext and I've also tried normal text.
With longtext it lets me fit a bit more although when I try to type about 200 characters it shows that it is too long according to the MySQL error.
I'm not sure how this works as LONGTEXT can store up to 4gb of characters.
Structure:
Let me know if you need any other information!
By the way its inserting into the database using a MySQLi Query from the POST Data.
Error:
Query:
$q = $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO `lunar_casino`.`posts`(`id`, `by`, `title`, `message`, `image`, `category`, `date`) VALUES(NULL, '$user', '$title', '$message', '$image', '$category', NOW())");
if(!$q){
echo "<font color='red'><b>There has been an error with our database! Please contact the website administrator!</b></font><br /><br />";
echo $mysqli->error;
} else {
echo "<font color='green'><b>You have successfully added a blog post!</b></font><br /><br />";
}

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with size, you have an SQL error. You do not use prepared statements correctly, and seem to be pasting data verbatim in the query.
You can tell by the actual SQL error you are getting:
"... for the right syntax near 'm not making it...".
The ' character screws up the query.
To fix correctly, use a prepared statement:
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO `lunar_casino`.`posts` (`id`, `by`, `title`, `message`, `image`, `category`, `date`) VALUES(NULL, :user, :title, :message, :image, :category, NOW())");
$stmt->bind_param(":user", $user);
$stmt->bind_param(":title", $title);
...etc...
$stmt->execute();