Question

I’m using this query to look for User results. The problem is that it only finds exact matches. How do I make it check for string as substring in column User?

$result2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `Users` WHERE MATCH (`User`) AGAINST ('$string') LIMIT 5");

Thanks

Answer 1

$result2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `Users` WHERE `User` LIKE '%$string%' LIMIT 5");

Use the LIKE operator, that’s what it’s there for.

Also, I hope you are escaping the $string variable earlier in the code with mysql_real_escape_string to protect against SQL Injection.