implement LIKE query in PDO
You have to include the % signs in the $params, not in the query:
$query = "SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE address LIKE ? OR address LIKE ?";$params = array("%$var1%", "%$var2%");$stmt = $handle->prepare($query);$stmt->execute($params);If you'd look at the generated query in your previous code, you'd see something like SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE address LIKE '%"foo"%' OR address LIKE '%"bar"%', because the prepared statement is quoting your values inside of an already quoted string.