Proper syntax for multiple query string

[Ivan D]

I'm trying to send 2 or more queries to a mysql db from my php code, but It keeps saying i have a syntax error. But if I try the same set of queries from PHPMyAdmin it works.

example:
$query = "INSERT INTO gallery(id) SELECT id FROM gallery_rcl;";
$query .= "DELETE FROM gallery_rcl LIMIT 1";

this gives me an SQL syntax error just after the semicolon, but the same query will work fine if i run it from phpmyadmin's run sql query/quries page.

What's wrong? I really don't want to run each query individually.

Thanks in advance.