php - error in your SQL syntax; MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ''studentid') VALUES ('52')' at line 1

$studentCheckQ = "select * from students order by studentid desc";
$studentCheckQR = mysqli_query($con,$studentCheckQ);
$studentCheckRow = mysqli_fetch_assoc($studentCheckQR);
$latestStudentID = $studentCheckRow['studentid'];
$newAdmissionQ = "INSERT INTO `admission` ('studentid') VALUES ('$latestStudentID');";
$newAdmissionQR = mysqli_query($con,$newAdmissionQ);

if($newAdmissionQR){
     echo "successfully added";
}
else
{
    echo mysqli_error($con);
 }

I'm facing this error when I run my code

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use
near ''studentid') VALUES ('52')' at line 1

Answer

You should use variables inside brackets and don't quote columns... And maybe, you should avoid quotation of table names, only values need to be quoted:

$newAdmissionQ = "INSERT INTO admission (studentid) VALUES ('{$latestStudentID}')";

Also, the final ; is not needed if you will only make a request.

Instead, I suggest you to use PDO:

http://thisinterestsme.com/pdo-insert-example/

Is more practical, because you can change its system anytime (Oracle, MySQL, etc...) and also, avoid SQL injections.