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

You can use LIKE BINARY in your query..

Like this:

SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE BINARY 'search_string'

this will check "search_string" data in case sensitive