I have a PHP form which enters data into my MySQL database. My primary key is one of the user-entered values. When the user enters a value that already exists in the table, the MySQL error "Duplicate entry 'entered value' for key 1" is returned. Instead of that error, I would like to alert the user that they need to enter a different value. Just an echoed message or something. I guess my question comes down to: how to turn a specific MySQL error into a PHP message Thanks

edit: aşağıda nickf cevabı güzel, ancak belirli hatalar arasında ayırt için herhangi bir yolu var mı?