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Tunde Dev
Tunde Dev

Reputation: 163

MYSQL: Pattern matching

I am trying to write a sql statement that can pull a unique record by comparing it's different variations

For example, I have a unique record of a movie let's say Bad Boys II.

But users do search for;
bad boys 2
badboys2 >
badboys II (2003)
bad boys 2 (2003) etc.

.... LOWER(movie_title) LIKE '%$search_query%'

The above query does not return the unique record i was hoping to get. Any help will be appreciated

Upvotes: 2

Views: 714

Answers (1)

maya
maya

Reputation: 67

You can do the following:
1) Put the words from the string in an array
2) Look for a match with each word:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE LOWER(movie_title) LIKE '%$search_words[$i]%'

Howether, if you search for "bad booys 2" for example with this code you will get all movies which contain the words "bad", "boys" and 2.

Upvotes: 1

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