MySQL LIKE + php sprintf

Question

$test = sprintf(\"SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `text` LIKE \'%%s%\'\", mysql_real_escape_string(\'test\'));

echo $test;

output:

SELECT          


        

Answer 1

Try:

$test = sprintf("SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `text` LIKE '%%%s%%'", mysql_real_escape_string('test'));

In sprintf, if you want to get a % sign, you have to insert %%. So it's %% for the first wildcard %, %s for the string itself and %% for the last wildcard %.