RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Wildcards

> Morten Nielsen wrote: > > > It is because it is a search function where a user can enter an > ID, NAME and > > ADDRESS to search after. If one of the fields are empty it > should use the > > wildcard. > > Then while you're constructing the search string, evaluate > whether that > field is empty or not (isset() should work fine for this). If > it's empty, stick > '%' in the string, otherwise use the variable contents. Actually if it's empty it would be better just to omit the field from being part of the WHERE condition at all =) But excellent advice nonetheless...much better than what I was going to suggest =) Sincerely, Craig Vincent