How to search exact number in php

Question

how to search exact number

this code is working like this

if i search 24626838(this is complete no) it is showing nothing

after that if

Answer 1

If you want to search for an exact number, use column='$number' instead of column LIKE $number. In the WHERE clause, I'd suggest to enclose even numbers in single quotes, because I recently encountered the problem that using WHERE column = 1234 this also matches 12345, but WHERE column = '1234' matches the very exact number only.

Answer 2

I guess the problem is here:

number LIKE '$str%'

Don't use that way. Instead, try giving this way:

number = '$str'

So that it performs a strict SELECT instead of search. When you give a %, it might expect something else to be present (or not, I am not sure about this).

Also, it is not a good idea to use LIKE for numbers. This is just a suggestion.

Answer 3

It should work try this

 if ($x==1) $construct .= "number LIKE '".$str."%'";