SQL command based on PHP strstr or LIKE

Question

Could somebody please offer some assistance. I have a standard SQL command as follows

$SQL = \"SELECT * FROM table WHERE Date > :FromDate AND Date < :E         


        

Answer 1

You're using strstr in the same manner as substr, where the string contains ABC.

SELECT *
    FROM table
    WHERE Date > :FromDate
    AND Date < :EndDate
    AND col1 LIKE '%$string%';

If you want to search for a string where the first characters are ABC, use:

SELECT *
    FROM table
    WHERE Date > :FromDate
    AND Date < :EndDate
    AND col1 LIKE '$string%';

stristr, however, would be a different story altogether.