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Asked: 2026-06-02T19:59:06+00:00

How can I do a select on multiple ID’s formatted as JSON? $query =

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How can I do a select on multiple ID’s formatted as JSON?

$query = 'SELECT * FROM articles as a WHERE "10" IN (a.catids)';

The value of a.catids in the db-field is {"0":"10","1":"12"};
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  1. Editorial Team

    There’s no “proper” way of doing this. MySQL has no idea what JSON is and even if you do a text search for the IDs, you’ll notice that it’s extremely slow.

    I recommend normalizing the table. Update your scripts to simply put the catids in a separate table.

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