Question

I have this query where I can search the TABLE_GLOBAL_PRODUCTS

$catglobal_sql = "
 select p.*, 
   case when 
     p.specials_new_products_price >= 0.0000 
     and p.expires_date > Now() 
     and p.status != 0 
   then p.specials_new_products_price 
   else p.products_price 
   end price 
 from ".TABLE_GLOBAL_PRODUCTS." p 
   INNER JOIN ".TABLE_STORES." s ON s.blog_id = p.blog_id 
 where 
   MATCH (p.products_name,p.products_description) AGAINST ('%".$search_key."%') 
   OR p.products_name like '%".$search_key."%' 
   order by p.products_date_added DESC, p.products_name";

The issue here is that, when I search with phrases like Cotton Shirts it displays correct results. However, when I only input a single word like Cotton it displays no results instead of displaying the same as when you input a phrase like Cotton Shirts.

Answer 1

Use * instead of % as a wildcard when using MATCH … AGAINST …
So the match part of your code should look like:

…

MATCH (p.products_name,p.products_description) AGAINST (‘*”.$search_key.”*’)

…

In MATCH the wildcards are slightly different

To match zero or more characters use

• In MATCH ‘*’
• In LIKE ‘%’

To match any single character use

• In MATCH ‘?’
• In LIKE ‘_’