I want to do searching for data using users' entry in a field. That is if user enters "D+t+y+g,k,j,h" want to search for values having letters "d and t and y and g or k or j or h". I tried the PHP str_replace function, but didn't like the result.
//kw is text field...
if($kw != "") {
//here we check for some data in field; if yes, continue below
//c is for ',' replaced in JavaScript
$kw1 = str_replace("c"," OR bcm.keywords LIKE '$kw%' ",$kw);
//p is for '+' replaced in JavaScript//'bcm' is table name.
$kw3 = str_replace("p"," AND bcm.keywords LIKE '$kw%' ",$kw1);
//for appending into main query string
$app.=$kw3;
//$app.=" AND bcm.keywords LIKE '$kw%'";
}
...but for the input "D+t+y+g,k,j,h" the query is coming out like this:
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' t
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' y
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' g
OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'D
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' t
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' y
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' gckcjch%' k
OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'D
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' t
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' y
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' gckcjch%' j
OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'D
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' t
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' y
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'Dptpypgckcjch%' gckcjch%' h**
...when what I want/need is:
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'D%'
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 't%'
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'y%'
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'g%'
OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'k%'
OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'j%'
OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'h%'
A solution in javascript
var getSearchSql = function(kw)
{
if(kw != "")
{
var ors = kw.split(",");
var sql = "";
var sqlVariable = "bcm.keywords";
for(i = 0; i < ors.length; i++)
{
var ands = ors[i].split("+");
sql += (i == 0)? "(": " OR (";
for(j = 0; j < ands.length; j++)
{
sql += (j == 0)? "": " AND ";
sql += sqlVariable + " LIKE '%" + ands[j] + "%' "
}
sql += ")"
}
}
return sql;
}
yields the following (when kw = "D+t+y+g,k,j,h")
(bcm.keywords LIKE '%D%'
AND bcm.keywords LIKE '%t%'
AND bcm.keywords LIKE '%y%'
AND bcm.keywords LIKE '%g%')
OR (bcm.keywords LIKE '%k%')
OR (bcm.keywords LIKE '%j%')
OR (bcm.keywords LIKE '%h%')
Try This:
<?
$str = "D+t+y+g,k,j,h";
$comNext = 0;
for ($i = 0 ; $i < strlen($str);$i++){
if ($str[$i+1] == "+"){
$andKey .= " AND bcm.keywords LIKE '".$str[$i]."%'";
}else if ($str[$i+1] == "," || $str[$i+1] == ""){
if ($comNext == 0)
$andKey .= " AND bcm.keywords LIKE '".$str[$i]."%'";
else
$orKey .= " OR bcm.keywords LIKE '".$str[$i]."%'";
$comNext = 1;
}
}
echo $andKey.$orKey;
?>
Gives Me:
AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'D%' AND bcm.keywords LIKE 't%' AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'y%' AND bcm.keywords LIKE 'g%' OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'k%' OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'j%' OR bcm.keywords LIKE 'h%'
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