PHP MySQL search with multiple criteria

Question

I have a search form in a website and would like to have several search terms which is input by the user to perform db search, terms as below:

• Keywords
• Pr

Answer 1

You're going to need parentheses.

SELECT * FROM `project` WHERE (`proj_title` LIKE '%keywords%' OR `proj_addr` LIKE '%keywords%' OR `proj_area` LIKE '%keywords%') AND `proj_for`='Sale' AND `state`='Somewhere' AND `proj_cat`='8' AND `price` BETWEEN '250000' AND '600000'

Without the parentheses it just has to match one of the criteria before the last OR.