Having trouble retrieving data from a mysql database using php - php

Question

I can't get the page to display the game information I think something is wrong with my select statement.
The game table has following fields:
game_id, game_name, platform, genre, game_description, game_price,
game_image, game_headlines, and game_added_date.
I only what the page to display:
game_name, platform, genre, game_description, game_price, game_image, and game_headlines.
The page runs but won't display the game even if it in the database.
Website URL: http://cs.neiu.edu/~fsef15g9/CS319_Project_Group_9/view_games.php
<?php # add_games.php
include ('includes/session.php');
$page_title = 'Add Games';
include ('includes/header.php');
require_once ('mysqli_connect.php'); // Connect to the db.
// Check if the form has been submitted:
if (isset($_POST['submitted'])){
$errors = array(); // Initialize an error array.
// Check for a game name:
if (empty($_POST['game_name'])) {
$errors[] = 'You forgot to enter game name.';
} else {
$search = mysqli_real_escape_string($dbc, trim($_POST['game_name']));
}
//$where = '%' + '$search' + '%';
$q = "SELECT
game_name AS game,
platform AS pf,
genre AS ge,
game_description AS gd,
game_price AS gp,
game_image AS gi,
game_headlines AS gh
FROM game WHERE game_name LIKE '$search'%";
$r = #\mysqli_query($dbc, $q); // Run the query.
// Count the number of returned rows:
$num = mysqli_num_rows($r);
if ($num > 0) { // If it ran OK, display the records.
// Print how many users there are:
echo "<p>There are currently $num number of games for '$search'.</p>\n";
// Table header.
echo '<table align="center" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" width="75%">
<tr><td align="left"><b>Game Name</b></td><td align="left"><b>Platform</b></td><td align="left"><b>Genre</b></td><td align="left"><b>Game Description</b></td><td align="left"><b>Game Price</b></td><td align="left"><b>Game Headlines</b></td></tr>';
// Fetch and print all the records:
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($r, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
echo '<tr><td align="left">' . $row['game'] . '</td><td align="left">' . $row['pf'] . '</td><td align="left">' . $row['ge'] . '</td><td align="left">' . $row['gd'] . '</td><td align="left">' . $row['gp'] . '</td><td align="left">' . $row['gi'] . '</td><td align="left">' . $row['gh'] . '</td></tr>';
}
echo '</table>'; // Close the table.
mysqli_free_result ($r); // Free up the resources.
} else { // If no records were returned.
echo '<p class="error">There are currently no registered users.</p>';
}
mysqli_close($dbc); // Close the database connection.
}
?>
<div class="page-header">
<h1 style="font-size:40px"><center>Search Games</center></h1>
</div>
<form class="form-signin" role="form" action="view_games.php" method="post">
<center><p><input type="normal" placeholder="Enter Game Name" required autofocus name="game_name" maxlength="60" value="<?php if (isset($_POST['game_name'])) echo $_POST['game_name']; ?>" />
<button style="display:inline; padding:10px; margin-bottom:5px" type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" />Add Game</button>
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" value="TRUE" /></p></center>
</form>
<?php
include ('includes/footer.html');
?>

Answer 1

Your query is incorrect, as you have your wildcard % outside the quotes
WHERE game_name LIKE '$search'%
Need to move the % inside the quotes
WHERE game_name LIKE '$search%'