Attempting to INSERT multiple rows into MySQL table

Question

Currently I'm trying to insert multiple rows into a MySQL database with the following code, however I keep receiving error 500 (Internal Server Error)...I'm I doing something in correctly here? I'm relatively new to PHP. Thanks

for ($i = 0; $i < $numberOfOptions; $i++) {
  var $insertOptions;   <<<<<<<< Error here. Should not have 'var' pre-fix

  if ($numbersOrLetters == 0) {

           $optionNumber = $i + 1;
           $insertOptions = "INSERT INTO Survey_results (Survey_authKey, Option_name, Option_value) 
                       VALUES ('$userAuthKey','$optionNumber','0')";
     }
  else {
           $currentValue = $letter[$i];

           $insertOptions = "INSERT INTO Survey_results (Survey_authKey, Option_name, Option_value) 
                       VALUES ('$userAuthKey','$currentValue','0')";
     }

              mysql_query($insertOptions);
  }

Answer 1

Add this on top of your script to enable error reporting.

 ini_set('display_errors','On');
 error_reporting(E_ALL);

Then you will know what the problem might be.

PHP Error Reporting

Answer 2

as requested:

`var $insertOptions;

out of place OOP or to much javascript on the brain?