Question

I’m trying to compare two $_GET inputs from a form and add them to an SQL statement if it finds something LIKE that in the database. Here is the SQL code.

<?php
  include('db_connect.php');

  $name1 = $_GET['name1'];
  $name2 = $_GET['name2'];


  $query="SELECT * FROM Stats WHERE `Name` LIKE '$_GET[name1]%' OR '$_GET[name2]%' ";
  $res=mysql_query($query);
  $num=mysql_numrows($res);
  $i=0;

  while($i< $num){
   $Name = mysql_result($res, $i, "Name");
   echo $Name;
   $i++;
  }
?>

This works for the first $_GET[name1] field, however I want to return More if name2 matches as well. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Try to concatenate the strings:

$query="SELECT * FROM Stats WHERE `Name` LIKE '".mysql_real_escape_string($_GET["name1"])."%' OR `Name` LIKE '".mysql_real_escape_string($_GET["name2"])."%';";

You also need the LIKE-operator when you use OR.
Maybe it is also a problem that the function mysql_numrows() is exactly called mysql_num_rows().