Question

The mysql table that I’m using looks like:

   id    |   name  | other_names  
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    1    |  john   | peter johny mike
    2    |  jane   | kevin pite janes john
    3    |  carl   | carlo nick pole 

I want to get as a result of the query id# of each user that in the table “other_names” contains the names starting with the word from the query. For example, if the word in query is “joh” a need to get as result ID 1 and 2.

I tried with a query containing LIKE %joh% but as a result I’m getting each user ID# that the column “other names” has a name that contains the word from the query.

SELECT * FROM table WHERE name LIKE  '".$word."%' OR other_names LIKE '%".$word."%'

I need that the names from column “other_names” begins with the word from the query, not to contains the word.

Answer 1

You need REGEXP operator and border keyword

SELECT * FROM table WHERE name REGEXP '[:<:]]someword'