difference between like ‘%%%var%%’ and ‘%var%’
Firtly, in SQL the % symbol is a “wildcard operator”. When used in a LIKE statement, it means “0 or more characters”. So LIKE ‘Hello%’ means any string beginning with Hello, including just Hello. While LIKE ‘%Hello%’ means any string that contains Hello, either at the beginning, middle, or end. $wpdb->prepare() on the other hand … Read more