MySQL selecting string with special characters

Question

I\'m having a problem selecting strings from database. The problem is if you have McDonald\'s in row and if you are searching with a string mcdonalds i

Answer 1

If your search requirements are to ignore certain characters, you can remove them during a search by replaceing them with a blank.

This answer solves your problem:

SELECT *
FROM restaurants
WHERE replace(name, '''', '') like '%mcdonalds%'; -- This will match "McDonald's"

FYI, a single quote literal (') is written as a doubled single quote (''), so to specify a single quote as a parameter to replace you need four quotes in a row ('''') - two at each end and the doubled quote in the middle for the actual quote.