Question

I try to filter my column name when SELECT statement and my query like below :

$query = "select p.id, p.name from `person` p";

Column ‘name’ data something like below :

Angelina Jolie | Brad Pitt | David Beckham ….

Filter :

When select column name (p.name) i just want select ‘name’ string then remove all string after space. Mean when i select the column i just select name Angelina, Brad, David …

*i know we can do this using implode but i want filter inside query line .

Answer 1

Try this::

select substring_index(p.name,' ',1) as name, p.id from person p