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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:12:43 +0200
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On 25-09-2012 21:58, tom.rankin51@googlemail.com wrote:
> I'm not too sure how to debug correctly following these instructions.  I can place the code at the beginning and end of my page, but I am getting a syntax error when typing $result = mysqli->query($sql);
>
>> <?php
>> $sql = ".......";
>> $result = mysqli->query( $sql );

>> $debugtxt .= "sql: {$sql}\n";

or, that last one could be:
echo "SQL: {$sql}\n";

it should echo the query to the output......