How can I select * from users where gender = ?;
and have gender to be equal either 'f' or 'm' or either?
I am trying to create a dynamic select statement where I would be able to get back
I am able to do it with the first two but not the third. Will it possible with mysql?
I 'll assume you are using PDO and prepared statements:
$pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $pass, $options);
$gender_defined = $gender == 'f' || $gender == 'm';
if ($gender_defined) {
$query = $pdo->prepare("select * from table where gender = ?");
$query->bindParam(1, $gender, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$query->execute();
} else {
$query = $pdo->query("select * from table where gender = 'f' or gender = 'm'");
}
$result = $query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);