RE: [PHP-DB] WHERE field = str

Certainly not in the PHP manual, and LIKE isn't really covered in the MySQL manual either... Here's a good page with an intro to SQL queries: http://developer.ecorp.net/sqltut.htm --Matt -----Original Message----- From: phpnet@SeaPort6.com [mailto:phpnet@SeaPort6.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:46 PM To: PHP DataBase-List Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] WHERE field = str Thanks Chris I searched everything I could think of. Where should I have found this is the manual? Dave | > I am trying to find a str within a field using a select statement | > like SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE fieldname has the string within | > it Is there a way to do this? | | WHERE fieldname LIKE "%$string%" | | Chris | dave@SeaPortNet.com SeaPortNetHosting: Reliable Web Hosting Plans from $17.95 www.yourname.com http://www.SeaPortNet.com/ 1(209)551-7028 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net