PDO prepare statement and match against in boolean mode

Question

If I run this simple query from the console by directly typing

 SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM articles WHERE MATCH(title) AGAINST (\'+php +mysql\' IN BOOLEAN         


        

Answer 1

You should simply create a statement like this:

$query = 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS total FROM articles WHERE MATCH(title) AGAINST (:query IN BOOLEAN MODE)';
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);

And then bind the params:

$keywords = ['php', 'mysql'];
$against = '';
for($i = 0; $i < count($keywords); $i++){
    $against .= ' +' . $keywords[$i];   
}
$stmt->execute(array(
    ':query' => $against
));