Question

Ran across this, but I cannot quite grasp it, especially beginning with the LIMIT phrase. Thanks for any help.

$sql = sprintf ("SELECT * 
                   FROM $tbl_name  
                   WHERE title LIKE '%s' OR description LIKE '%s' 
                   LIMIT $start, $limit",
                         mysql_real_escape_string('%'.$search_term.'%'),
                         mysql_real_escape_string('%'.$search_term.'%') );

Answer 1

The Limit keyword allows you to select ‘pages’ of records, for example when you want records 26 through 50. The sprintf function takes a string with placeholders (%s,etc) and the variables to insert in those placeholders. Does that clear things up?