Strange Column count doesn't match value count at row 1 problem

PHP
1

Folks

strange, strange. This error ‘Column count doesn’t match value count at row 1 problem’ killing me. already wasted hours in this.
what could be the problem?

	$query = "INSERT into dph_ot_forecast VALUES (
			'',
			'$empno',
			'$_shift'
			'$dep_id',
			'$sec_id',
			'$pos_id',
			'$start',
			'$end',
			'$tot_hrs',
			'$justification',
			'$date'
			)";
    if ($result=mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error()));

Table structure

:rolleyes:

2

found the culprit after hours of search.

'$_shift'

here a comma is missing :frowning: