inserting ´ in a db

Hi list, good day. I have a simple script that inserts text on a mysql table, that has a field named description and the type is text. Everting works fine, except when I try to insert a text that includes a simple quote. For example Yamil´s car I send the character string to a variable and then insert into a query. But the mysql says that something is wrong with the query because the quote after the l looks like the end of the string, and “s car” doesn`t look like a valid part of the query. Can anyone help me out, how to handle this error? Thanks Yamil