Question

function comp_post_code($comp_post_code){
global $host, $dbname, $user, $pass;
$DBH = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname", $user, $pass);
$DBH->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); ///*** for error handling
$STH = $DBH->prepare("SELECT * from uk_data where 
comp_post_code like :comp_post_code and cat1 like :cat");
$STH->bindValue(':cat', "%$cat1%", PDO::PARAM_STR);
$STH->bindValue(':comp_post_code', "%$comp_post_code%", PDO::PARAM_STR);
$STH->execute();
$STH->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
return $STH;
}

i have cat1 to cat10 .. i want to get data output without writing long code like

 and comp_post_code like :comp_post_code and cat2 like :cat
 and comp_post_code like :comp_post_code and cat3 like :cat

i there way out for this …we can write ong code and get out put but still wanna know can we do with some other way ?

Table Structure

comp_post_code
cat1
cat2
cat3
cat4

Answer 1

Based on the details from your comments:

SELECT * from uk_data where 
comp_post_code like :comp_post_code AND (
cat1 like :cat OR
cat2 like :cat OR
cat3 like :cat OR
cat4 like :cat OR
cat5 like :cat OR
cat6 like :cat OR
cat7 like :cat OR
cat8 like :cat OR
cat9 like :cat OR
cat10 like :cat
)