Query String Causes Error 406

I’m attempting something relatively simple: query a database and display the information.

This is my query string:

$query1 = ‘SELECT * From Grand Order By placement’;

I get an Error 406 when trying to save this. I can save regular strings like this:

“Hi, how are you”

I can save this:

“SELECT * From”

The moment I add a space and anything else after that I get the Error 406. Removing the * and putting the specific columns I want returned doesn’t fix it either. I have no idea what could be causing this, it’s not like I’m DOING anything with the string, I’m just creating it.

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