I am trying to use a simple SQL statment with the LIKE operator. This SQL statement works on SQL developer but not when I try it on PHP.
SELECT * FROM hotels WHERE lower(name) LIKE '%luxury%';
However when I do the same thing in php I get this error:
Warning: oci_bind_by_name(): ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number
PHP Code:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM hotels WHERE lower(name) LIKE '%:term%'";
$stid = oci_parse($conn, $sql);
$term = "luxury";
oci_bind_by_name($stid, ":term", $term);
oci_execute($stid);
You would need to concatenate the string parts with the parameter, like :
$sql = "SELECT * FROM hotels WHERE lower(name) = '%' || :term || '%'";
NB: do you really want to search for a string surrounded by litteral '%'
s? Given the title of the question, you might be looking for the LIKE
operator instead:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM hotels WHERE lower(name) LIKE '%' || :term || '%'";
You can't put a bind parameter inside of a SQL literal string (''). You can use LIKE '%' || :term || '%'";
as shown in the other answer, or you can append %
in your PHP code:
$sql = "SELECT * FROM hotels WHERE lower(name) LIKE :term";
$stid = oci_parse($conn, $sql);
$term = "%" . "luxury" . "%";
oci_bind_by_name($stid, ":term", $term);
oci_execute($stid);