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Mysql Query With Censored Words (LIKE)

I have a censored name & surname value. I want to search this value on mysql.

Censored Name = "A*** K***"
Censored Surname = "L***"

I need a mysql command to be able to run this query.

My Code:

SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE name LIKE 'A% K%' AND surname LIKE = 'L%'

ERR:

Uncaught Error: Call to a member function fetch_assoc() on bool in /opt/lampp/htdocs/x.php:15

As I mentioned above, I need to perform a search in the database in this format but as I mentioned above, I am getting an error, I would like you to provide a code sample that will work properly and smoothly.

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  1. 0

    This is incorrect syntax:

    surname LIKE = 'L%'

    Just use LIKE as follows:

    surname LIKE 'L%'

    You should always check for errors after preparing a query. PHP database functions like mysqli_query() return false if there’s an SQL syntax error like the one above.

    You should always check for error status returned by the database functions.

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  2. 0

    The error that you are getting is because the LIKE operator only matches the first character of the string. So, when you are trying to match the censored name "A*** K***" with the LIKE operator, it will only match the first character "A".

    To fix this, you can use the % wildcard character. The % wildcard character matches any number of characters, so you can use it to match the censored name and surname.

    The following code will work:

    SQL

    SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE name LIKE 'A% K%' AND surname LIKE '%L%';

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    This code will match any user whose name starts with "A", has two middle letters, and ends with "K", and whose surname has one or more letters followed by "L".

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