Question

I have looked all over the internet for an answer to my question to why my sql statement returns false. I checked it out on the sql validator over at mimer and all I got was that I used the reserved word name. There should be something in my database that matches this so here it is:

Here is how I create the sql statement:

$title = 'SELECT * FROM item, categories WHERE item.title 
LIKE "%'.implode('%" OR item.title LIKE "%', $data).'%"'.' 
AND categories.name = '.$category;

And this is the result:

SELECT * FROM item, categories WHERE item.title LIKE "%hello%" 
OR item.title LIKE "%world%" OR item.title 
LIKE "%Joomla%" OR item.title LIKE "%Animal%" AND categories.name = Book

Answer 1

You should probably think about your (lack of) parentheses. I’m not sure specifically what you are trying to accomplish,

but this:

SELECT
    *
FROM item, categories
WHERE item.title LIKE "%hello%"
OR item.title LIKE "%world%"
OR item.title LIKE "%Joomla%"
OR item.title LIKE "%Animal%"
AND categories.name = "Book"

is vastly different from this:

SELECT
    *
FROM item, categories
WHERE (
    item.title LIKE "%hello%"
    OR item.title LIKE "%world%"
    OR item.title LIKE "%Joomla%"
    OR item.title LIKE "%Animal%"
)
AND categories.name = "Book"

Also, like the others say, Book should be in quotes (like I have done here).

AND categories.name = "Book"