Problem with adding quotations to a mysql insert statement

I need to add extra quotation marks in to the following insert command for mysql. I need one that is part of the info right before the |$wrapper resend and right after the $outgoing,nobody $query = "insert into majordomoaliases (domain,listname,var,address1,address2)values (/"$domname/",\"$listname\",\"a\",\"$listdomain-$listname:\",\" |$wrapper resend -C $domaincf -l $listname -h $listdomain $listdomain-$listname-$outgoing,nobody\")"; The whole line should look like this when it is printed out to the page it will be written to from the database "|/var/wrapper resend -C /var/domaincf -l list1 -h domain.com domain.com-list1-outgoing,nobody" I am totaly stuped on haw to add this extra quotation mark no mater what I do I get mysql errors.