Using LIKE in bindParam for a MySQL PDO Query
database, mysql, pdo, php
Solution
No, you don't need the inner single quotes so just `$term = "$term%";`
The statement you're running now would try to match `'a%'` instead of `a%`
bindParam will make sure that all string data is automatically properly quoted when given to the SQL statement.
Problem
I've read multiple examples on how these queries should be written but I'm struggling to get this specific like to run when using `bindParam` Would this be the correct way to match usernames that begin with a? ``` $term = "a"; $term = "'$term%'"; $sql = "SELECT username FROM `user` WHERE username LIKE :term LIMIT 10"; $core = Connect::getInstance(); $stmt = $core->dbh->prepare($sql); $stmt->bindParam(':term', $term, PDO::PARAM_STR); $stmt->execute(); $data = $stmt->fetchAll(); ```