Mysql search like 2 words order - php

Question

I would like to ask about an issue i'm facing.
I have the full name in 1 column stored, example: "John Doe".
But on perform a search for example:
SELECT * FROM client WHERE name LIKE '%Doe John%';
Result: 0 Rows.
If i switch to the exact match store in database it found a row.
SELECT * FROM client WHERE name LIKE '%John Doe%';
Result: 1 Row.
My question is, how to do to search in database without taking the order of word.
In OOP framework the code is:
$like = 'Doe John';
$this->db->select('*')->from('client')->like('name', $like)->get();
Also i tested this but i got the same result:
$this->db->select('*')->from('client');
if($this->containTwoWords($like)) {
$explode = explode(' ', $like);
foreach($explode as $exploded){
$this->db->like('name', $exploded);
}
} else {
$this->db->like('name', $like);
}
$this->db->get();
function containTwoWords($like){
if(strpos($like, ' ') !== false) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
If somebody passed trough this and has better solution i appreciate the sharing !.

Answer 1

One option for your example case would be to check for the first and last names separately:
SELECT * FROM client WHERE name LIKE '%Doe%' AND name LIKE '%John%'
If you have exhausted such tricks with the LIKE operator, then you can look into using MySQL's full text search capabilities.

Answer 2

Try something like this:
<?php
$search_term = 'john doe abc';
$keywords = explode(" ", preg_replace("/\s+/", " ", $search_term));
foreach($keywords as $keyword){
$wherelike[] = " name LIKE '%$keyword%' ";
}
$where = implode(" and ", $wherelike);
$query = "select * from client where $where";
echo $query;
//select * from client where name LIKE '%john%' and name LIKE '%doe%' and name LIKE '%abc%'
?>

Answer 3

Try this name like '%John%' and name like '%Doe%'

Answer 4

If you are wanting to explode the $like variable into first/last name (and you always expect 2 names, separated by a space), then this should work for you.
PHP has the built-in explode() method which does exactly what you are asking.
$like = "John Doe";
$name = explode(" ", $like);
// This created a 0-based array, meaning the first item as split
// by the space between John and Doe is given the array index of 0.
// $name[0] = John
// $name[1] = Doe
So in practice with MySQL that could be used as the following:
$query = "SELECT * FROM client WHERE name LIKE '%" . $name[0] . "%' AND name LIKE '%" . $name[1] . "%'";
For more information on the explode() function, check out the PHP manual at: http://php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php
Hope this helps!