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Asked: 2026-06-06T11:23:23+00:00

I have a functioning mySQL search system. mysql_query(SELECT * FROM electors WHERE constituency =

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I have a functioning mySQL search system.

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM electors WHERE constituency = '$constituency' AND ward = '$ward' AND (surname LIKE '$q' OR first_name LIKE '$q') LIMIT 18");

I want to also search if the entered term (including space) would be a concatenation of first_name ' ' surname. How is this done.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think you will need CONCAT:

    mysql_query("SELECT * FROM electors WHERE constituency = '$constituency' AND ward = '$ward' AND (surname LIKE '$q' OR first_name LIKE '$q' OR CONCAT(first_name,' ',surname) LIKE '$q') LIMIT 18");

    Which you may as well reduce down to:

    mysql_query("SELECT * FROM electors WHERE constituency = '$constituency' AND ward = '$ward' AND CONCAT(first_name,' ',surname) LIKE '%$q%' LIMIT 18");

    Consider making this a full_name field in it’s own right, then you can index it for speed reasons.

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