如何使用SQL进行松散搜索

Question

So i am trying to implement a search function using PHP and MySQL, i came across the LIKE SQL Operator, which works fine for basic string matching, but its looking for the exact match. i wondering how to be able to search loosely with MySQL.

Right now if you search with my search function, for "blue jacket" , then it will not match it with "a very nice blue colored item | jacket" . i want to be able to match that, any suggestions ?

My current MySQLi code for search, looks like this:

$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM `items` where title LIKE CONCAT('%', ?, '%')");

Answer 1

after @Gordon Linoff and @Sammitch suggested the full text search, i went into phpmyadmin and marked title colum as full text, and then modified the SQL query to :

$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM `items` WHERE MATCH(title) AGAINST ( ? IN NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE)");

For more info: dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/fulltext-search.html