PHP & MYSQL: How can i neglect empty variables from select
- by cash-cash
hello all;
if i have 4 variables and i want to select DISTINCT values form data base
<?php
$var1 = ""; //this variable can be blank
$var2 = ""; //this variable can be blank
$var3 = ""; //this variable can be blank
$var4 = ""; //this variable can be blank
$result = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT title,description FROM table WHERE **keywords ='$var1' OR author='$var2' OR date='$var3' OR forums='$var4'** ");
?>
note: some or all variables ($var1,$var2,$var3,$var4) can be empty
what i want:
i want to neglect empty fields
lets say that $var1 (keywords) is empty it will select all empty fileds, but i want if $var1 is empty the result will be like
$result = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT title,description FROM table WHERE author='$var2' OR date='$var3' OR forums='$var4' ");
if $var2 is empty the result will be like
$result = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT title,description FROM table WHERE keywords ='$var1' OR date='$var3' OR forums='$var4' ");
if $var1 and $var2 are empty the result will be like
$result = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT title,description FROM table WHERE date='$var3' OR forums='$var4' ");
and so on
