Question

So i have done inserts using mysql_real_escape_string but now i cant seem to figure out how to do a “like” search for those records…

any help would be appreciated. maybe there is a better way to do this?

so simple example would be:

in the DB record there is foo’ bar.

now i want to search for foo bar or foo’ bar as a like but i keep getting a mysql error.

$term = "foo' bar";
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM artists WHERE artist_name LIKE '%$term%'") or die ( mysql_error() ); 

Also would like to know if the record in the table is set to” foo’ bar” how can I search for just “foo bar” in a LIKE

Answer 1

Nooooooooo! don’t use mysql. Use pdo.

require_once('../php_custom_classes/database.php');

$testObj = new Database();
$newObj = new PDO("mysql:host=".$this->hostName.";dbname=".$this->dbName, $this->username, $this->password);


$term = 'foo bar';
$sql = "SELECT * FROM artists WHERE artist_name LIKE '%$term%'";
$stmt = $newObj->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute();
while($row = $stmt->fetch()) { 
    echo $row['article_id']; 
}