Question

The variable $letter is an English letter.

How can I put a WHERE clause on the query below so that it only returns results where title that start with the same letter as the variable $letter?

$letter = $_GET['letter'];

$query2 = "select title, COUNT(*) as titlerows from submission
GROUP BY title  
order by title asc
LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage";   

Answer 1

$query2 = "select title, COUNT(*) as titlerows from submission WHERE title LIKE '$letter%'
GROUP BY title  
order by title asc
LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage";  

Edit:

$letter = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['letter']);

$query2 = "SELECT `title`, COUNT(*) as `titlerows` from `submission`
WHERE `title` LIKE '".$letter."%'  
GROUP BY `title` ASC  
LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage";