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Asked: 2026-05-26T21:18:54+00:00

I trying to search a MySQL database using PHP, The search works fine but

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I trying to search a MySQL database using PHP, The search works fine but I’m looking for a little help with wildcards:

The data in the field (Model) I am searching is: “A4” (215 results)

My search string is:

SELECT * FROM `temp_comp`.`mvl` WHERE `Model` LIKE '%A4 Avant%'

Is there a way I can still search ‘A4 Avant’ but this will return any fields that contain ‘A4’ or ‘Avant’

The search term is taken from a csv file so I wanted to try and do this without having to split the two words first and search for ‘A4’ and/or ‘Avant’, I have tried the following but get no results:

SELECT * FROM `temp_comp`.`mvl` WHERE `Model` LIKE '%A4%Avant%'

As you may have guessed this is not my normal field so any help would be very much appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team
    SELECT * FROM temp_comp.mvl WHERE (Model LIKE '%A4%') OR (Model LIKE '%Avant%')

    If you want to avoid splitting up the test you can use a regexp:

    SELECT * FROM temp_comp.mvl WHERE Model REGEXP 'A4|Avant'  <<-- Either '%A4% or %Avant%
SELECT * FROM temp_comp.mvl WHERE Model REGEXP 'A4*Avant'  <<-- '%A4%Avant%

    See the reference

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