> the select query is
> 
> $selectqueryusername = sprintf("Select username from individuals where
> username='%s'", mysql_real_escape_string($username));

The syntax is fine.

$result = mysql_query($selectqueryusername);
if (!$result) {
  echo "Error! *** " . mysql_error();
}


> also for insert query if i have a numeric value i should be writting %d
> correct, i have a numeric value however before inserting that
> numeric value i am appending a character "-" to combine area code and phone
> number example 09-123 4567 so i am considering this as %s as there is a
> character. is this correct.

Yes.

The placeholders are all documented pretty well:

http://www.php.net/sprintf

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