I'm trying to make a prepared statement for a LIKE query using php's mysqli extension. But no matter what I try, I always get this error:
Fatal error: Problem preparing query (SELECT f.*,r.slug FROM `foods` AS f INNER JOIN `resturants` AS r ON f.`rest_id` = r.`rest_id` WHERE f.`name` LIKE CONCAT('%',"f", '%')) You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''%',"f", '%')' at line 4 in /path/to/class.mysqli.php on line 462
I have tried the following queries to no avail:
(The $s
would be my string to search against.)
SELECT f.*,r.slug FROM `foods` AS f
INNER JOIN `resturants` AS r
ON f.`rest_id` = r.`rest_id`
WHERE f.`name` LIKE '%?%'
SELECT f.*,r.slug FROM `foods` AS f
INNER JOIN `resturants` AS r
ON f.`rest_id` = r.`rest_id`
WHERE f.`name` LIKE CONCAT('%', ?, '%')
SELECT f.*,r.slug FROM `foods` AS f
INNER JOIN `resturants` AS r
ON f.`rest_id` = r.`rest_id`
WHERE f.`name` LIKE CONCAT('%', {$s}, '%')
SELECT f.*,r.slug FROM `foods` AS f
INNER JOIN `resturants` AS r
ON f.`rest_id` = r.`rest_id`
WHERE f.`name` LIKE '%{$s}%'
Even:
sprintf("SELECT f.*,r.slug FROM `foods` AS f
INNER JOIN `resturants` AS r
ON f.`rest_id` = r.`rest_id`
WHERE f.`name` LIKE '%%%s%%'", $s)
Help me please, I'm getting frustrated.