I want to do a query by adding a “OR” statement. Using what i have below won’t show all entries. What am i doing wrong?
//$q = search variable;
$sql = "SELECT name, id_code from codes WHERE (id_code = '$q') OR (name='$q')";
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Have you tried
SELECT name, id_code from codes WHERE id_code = '$q' OR name='$q'(i.e. without the parentheses)?