Question

I need to find the category id in the products table below. However the cms_ecom_categories.id is wrapped with the & character like &12&. Is there some kind of wild card I could use to wrap around? like %cms_ecom_categories.id% ?

 $sql = "SELECT * FROM cms_ecom_products, cms_ecom_categories 
         WHERE cms_ecom_products.pCategories = cms_ecom_categories.id
               AND cms_ecom_categories.slug = ".$page."";

Answer 1

You can use LIKE => WHERE id LIKE %12%

Or add the &-signs to the id: $page = '&' . $page . '&' => WHERE id = $page