Combine PHP prepared statments with LIKE

Question

Anyone know how to combine PHP prepared statements with LIKE? i.e.

\"SELECT * FROM table WHERE name LIKE %?%\";

Answer 1

For me working great, I've looked for answer hours, thx.

    $dbPassword = "pass";
    $dbUserName = "dbusr";
    $dbServer = "localhost";
    $dbName = "mydb";

    $connection = new mysqli($dbServer, $dbUserName, $dbPassword, $dbName);

    if($connection->connect_errno)
    {
        exit("Database Connection Failed. Reason: ".$connection->connect_error);
    }
        $tempFirstName = "reuel";
    $sql = "SELECT first_name, last_name, pen_name FROM authors WHERE first_name LIKE CONCAT(CONCAT('%',?),'%')";
    //echo $sql;

    $stateObj = $connection->prepare($sql);
    $stateObj->bind_param("s",$tempFirstName);
    $stateObj->execute();
    $stateObj->bind_result($first,$last,$pen);
    $stateObj->store_result();

    if($stateObj->num_rows > 0) {
        while($stateObj->fetch()){
            echo "$first, $last \"$pen\"";
            echo '
';
        }
    }

    $stateObj->close();
    $connection->close();