Mysql Concat two columns while searching with LIKE

Question

I am trying to make a MySQL query where I filter the records based on the search text using LIKE keyword.

For example if the user searches for Illusion Softwar

Answer 1

you can try this also, this worked for me,

$this->db->or_like('CONCAT(Contacts.FirstName,' ', Contacts.LastName)',$search);

Answer 2

SELECT *,c.ID as CID 
FROM Contacts c
LEFT OUTER JOIN website_Data w ON c.ID=w.ContactID
WHERE c.Email OR CONCAT_WS(' ',c.FirstName,c.LastName) LIKE '%Illusion Softwares%'
ORDER BY c.Created DESC;

Answer 3

Your query should be like this

Select Contacts.*, Contacts.ID as CID 
from Contacts 
left join website_Data 
on Contacts.ID = website_Data.ContactID 
where CONCAT(Contacts.FirstName,' ', Contacts.LastName) LIKE '%Illusion Softwares%' 
order by Contacts.`Created` DESC