SQL Keyword search - php

Question

I am trying to create a search Function on my website using PHP and SQL.
I am trying to make it so that when i search for a keyword in it displays items matching the key word
This is my Database
If i was to search "rice chicken" it would return both Davida and roys, i would like it to only return Davids as it matches both words and not roys as roys only matches rice
Thos is my current code.
$search = $_GET['query'];
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("axamenu");
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM menu WHERE CONTAINS(items,'$.search')");
if(mysql_num_rows($query) >= 1) {
while($a = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
echo "<a href='".$a['profileurl']."'>".$a['restaurant']."</a><p>".$a['menutype']."</p><hr/>";
}
} else {
echo "Oh no! Nothing was found.";
}

Answer 1

You could make your query in this way
$where = '';
$string = "thi sdas asd";
$search = explode(" ",$string);
if(sizeof($search)>1)
{
$where = "1=1";
foreach($search=>$key as $val){
$where .= "or items like %".$val."%";
}
}
else
{
$where = "items like %".$search[0]."%"
}
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM menu WHERE ".$where);
//rest of your code goes here
Note: Stop using deprecated and insecure mysql_*-functions. They have been deprecated since PHP 5.5 (in 2013) and were completely removed in PHP 7. Use MySQLi or PDO instead

Answer 2

If you only want davids result as "rice chicken",
you can split your string as rice and chicken and query as
SELECT * from menu WHERE items REGEXP 'rice' AND items REGEXP 'chicken'
you will get only one result
NOTE: using REGEXP can slow down result for bulk data retrieving

Answer 3

$search = $_GET['query'];
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("axamenu");
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM menu WHERE
items LIKE '%".$search."%'");
if(mysql_num_rows($query) >= 1)
{
while($a = mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
echo "<a href='".$a['profileurl']."'>".$a['restaurant']."</a><p>".$a['menutype']."</p><hr/>";
}
}
else
{
echo "Oh no! Nothing was found.";
}

Answer 4

Try with this and let us if that works.
select * from table_name where items like 'rice%' or items like 'chicken%';