Question

I would like to prevent this:

  $florissql = "SELECT SUM(hours) FROM logs WHERE executors LIKE '%floris%'";
  $rosasql = "SELECT SUM(hours) FROM logs WHERE executors LIKE '%rosa%'";
  $lottesql = "SELECT SUM(hours) FROM logs WHERE executors LIKE '%lotte%'";

Is it possible to do this in just one query?

Answer 1

Try this maybe?

 SELECT SUM(hours) AS Hours, 'floris' AS Executor FROM logs WHERE executors LIKE '%floris%'
 UNION ALL
 SELECT SUM(hours) AS Hours, 'rosa' AS Executor FROM logs WHERE executors LIKE '%rosa%'
 UNION ALL 
 SELECT SUM(hours) AS Hours, 'lotte' AS Executor FROM logs WHERE executors LIKE '%lotte%'

That’ll result in:

  Hours | Executor
  ----------------
  123   | floris
  456   | rosa
  789   | lotte