MySQL - How to ORDER BY RELEVANCE? INNODB Table

Solution 1:

version 1:

SELECT max(id) id, name
  FROM cards
 WHERE name like '%John%'
 GROUP BY name
 ORDER BY CASE WHEN name like 'John %' THEN 0
               WHEN name like 'John%' THEN 1
               WHEN name like '% John%' THEN 2
               ELSE 3
          END, name

version 2:

SELECT max(id) id, name
  FROM cards
 WHERE name like '%John%'
 GROUP BY name
 ORDER BY CASE WHEN name like 'John%' THEN 0
               WHEN name like '% %John% %' THEN 1
               WHEN name like '%John' THEN 2
               ELSE 3
          END, name