I have a script in PHP
, which selects data from a Mysql
Database using Select
& Where
clause.
$lrn= "PU2017LN11K";
$stmt = $user_home->runQuery('SELECT * FROM mcq WHERE LRN = :crn ORDER BY LRN,Sr ASC ');
$stmt->bindParam(':crn',$lrn);
$stmt->execute();
Now how to script the code so that it selects from all the LRN
, using WHERE LRN = :crn
.
I tried:
$lrn= "*";
$stmt = $user_home->runQuery('SELECT * FROM mcq WHERE LRN = :crn ORDER BY LRN,Sr ASC ');
$stmt->bindParam(':crn',$lrn);
$stmt->execute();
But it didn't show any results!
It's easy to skip the WHERE
clause if I want to show all results, but the value of $lrn
will be defined by the $_GET
method.
The normal way of handling this would be:
$lrn= "*";
$stmt = $user_home->runQuery('SELECT * FROM mcq WHERE LRN = :crn OR :crn = \'*\' ORDER BY LRN, Sr ASC ');
Alternatively, you could use LIKE
:
$lrn = "%";
$stmt = $user_home->runQuery('SELECT * FROM mcq WHERE LRN LIKE :crn ORDER BY LRN, Sr ASC ');
You want all rows, don't use a where clause. Alternatively, if you must use a where (something in your code or thinking/design requires it), then you can also say something like "where 1" (like the way phpMyAdmin does things all the time, for what ever reason).
Use this as your where clause:
WHERE LRN = CASE WHEN :crn = '*' THEN LRN else :crn END
That way when the supplied :crn is '*' you will get all records.