How can I with mysqli make a query with LIKE and get all results?
This is my code but it dosn\'t work:
$param = \"%{$_POST[\'user\']}%\";
$stmt = $db->prepare(\"SELECT id,Username FROM users WHERE Username LIKE ?\");
$stmt->bind_param(\"s\", $param);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($id,$username);
$stmt->fetch();
This code it doesn\'t seem to work. I have searched it a lot.
Also it may return more than 1 row.
So how can I get all the results even if it returns more than 1 row?
Here\'s how you properly fetch the result
$param = \"%{$_POST[\'user\']}%\";
$stmt = $db->prepare(\"SELECT id,Username FROM users WHERE Username LIKE ?\");
$stmt->bind_param(\"s\", $param);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($id,$username);
while ($stmt->fetch()) {
echo \"Id: {$id}, Username: {$username}\";
}
or you can also do:
$param = \"%{$_POST[\'user\']}%\";
$stmt = $db->prepare(\"SELECT id,Username FROM users WHERE Username LIKE ?\");
$stmt->bind_param(\"s\", $param);
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->get_result();
while ($row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM)) {
foreach ($row as $r) {
print \"$r \";
}
print \"\\n\";
}
I hope you realise I got the answer directly from the manual here and here, which is where you should\'ve gone first.
Updated
From comments it is found that LIKE wildcard characters (_
and %
) are not escaped by default on Paramaterised queries and so can cause unexpected results.
Therefore when using \"LIKE\" statements, use this \'negative lookahead\' Regex to ensure these characters are escaped :
$param = preg_replace(\'/(?<!\\\\\\)([%_])/\', \'\\\\\\$1\',$param);
As an alternative to the given answer above you can also use the MySQL CONCAT function thus:
$stmt = $db->prepare(\"SELECT id,Username FROM users WHERE Username LIKE CONCAT(\'%\',?,\'%\') \");
$stmt->bind_param(\"s\", $param);
$stmt->execute();
Which means you do not need to edit your $param
value but does make for slightly longer queries.