How to make a SELECT in PHP/MySQL case insensitive?

Question

Her\'s my probleme, i guess its really basic.

I\'m trying to lookup in the database if a line does exist. heres my code :

$req=\"SELECT * FROM INSTIT         


        

Answer 1

It could also be a problem with your table COLLATE setting

This CREATE statement will force your select queries to be case sensitive even when using LIKE operators:

CREATE
  table instituts (inst_name VARCHAR(64))
  CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_general_cs;

Whereas this one will ensure case-insensitivity:

CREATE
  table instituts (inst_name VARCHAR(64))
  CHARACTER SET latin1