pdo prepared statements with wildcards
I want to execute the following mysql query:
SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE '%anyname%'
I tried this without success:
$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE :name");
$stmt->bindParam(':name', "%" . $name . "%");
$stmt->execute();
$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE '%:name%'");
$stmt->bindParam(':name', $name);
$stmt->execute();
So I ask you if it is possible to use the % wildcard with prepared statements.
/edit
Thank you. Its working with bindValue
:
$stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` LIKE :name");
$stmt->bindValue(':name', '%' . $name . '%');
$stmt->execute();
It can work with bind param too in following way:
$name = "%$name%";
$query = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM `gc_users` WHERE `name` like :name");
$query->bindParam(':name', $name);
$query->execute();
This could be an alternative:
$className = '%' . $this->className . '%';
$query->bind_param('s', $className);