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Asked: 2026-06-15T15:55:38+00:00

I am trying to come up with a query that will generate results based

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I am trying to come up with a query that will generate results based on letter patterns of a string contained in the database.

Basically this is what I am trying to do:

Test 1: "T" => mysql returns: toys, tofu, telephones, turkeys, televisions, topaz
Test 2: "To" => mysql returns: toys, tofu, topaz
Test 3: "Toy" => mysql returns: toys
Test 4: "Toys" => mysql returns: toys

This is what i tried so far ($searchword corresponds to test case string):

$results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products WHERE prod_name LIKE %".$searchword."%");
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  1. Editorial Team

    Add the quotes ('%text%") to your query

    $results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products 
WHERE prod_name LIKE '%".$searchword."%'");

    @KaiQing comments that you could use this instead,and he’s right if you just want the words that start with the ‘searchword‘:

    $results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products 
WHERE prod_name LIKE '".$searchword."%'")

    I.E:
    if searchword=TOY, this query WHERE prod_name LIKE '".$searchword."%' will display TOYS,TOYZ,TOYXXX, etc but wont display XTOY, TITOY,ZTOY, etc.

    If you want to find out more about how to use like take a look here:
    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/string-comparison-functions.html

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