SQL Query Trouble

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Alright when I run this query in MySQL everything goes smoothly:

INSERT INTO accounts (id, password, email) VALUES ('1022911', 'blahblah7', 'zzz@zzz.com')

 

But when this runs in my script:

	$sql = "INSERT INTO accounts (id, password, email) VALUES ('
{$account_number}', '{$account_password}', '{$email}')"; 

 

the id changes from the users input, I believe because the field is set to auto-increment but, I don't understand why the query works correctly through MySQL and not my script.