Codeigniter: Weird behaviour of $this->db->like()

Question

I\'ve written a simple query for searching a keyword in the database.

$keyword = \"keyword sample\"; 
$keyword = str_replace(\" \", \"%\", $keyword);   

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Answer 1

If you dig a bit into CodeIgniter's internals, you'll notice that the $this->db->like() function escapes special characters it contains - including, of course, %.

I don't think like() will help you much with your particular needs. Your best bet, I guess, would be to bypass the problem and use a where function containing your LIKE clause:

$this->db->select('*')->from('table')->where("column LIKE '%$keyword%'")->get()->result_array();