pdo prepared statements with wildcards

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Solution 1

It can work with bind param too in following way:

$name = "%$name%";
$query = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` like :name");
$query->bindParam(':name', $name);
$query->execute();

Solution 2

This could be an alternative:

$className = '%' . $this->className . '%';
$query->bind_param('s', $className);
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K. D.
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K. D.

Updated on June 28, 2022

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  • K. D.
    K. D. almost 2 years

    I want to execute the following mysql query:

    SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE '%anyname%'
    

    I tried this without success:

    $stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE :name");
    $stmt->bindParam(':name', "%" . $name . "%");
    $stmt->execute();
    
    $stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE '%:name%'");
    $stmt->bindParam(':name', $name);
    $stmt->execute();
    

    So I ask you if it is possible to use the % wildcard with prepared statements.

    /edit

    Thank you. Its working with bindValue:

    $stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE :name");
    $stmt->bindValue(':name', '%' . $name . '%');
    $stmt->execute();