Select value from database with php where condition value is similar to input

Question

I was wondering....is it possible to retrieve a value from a mysql database if the value of the WHERE statement is similar to the input text? Something like the similar_text() function but applied to the search condition.

Example:

 <?php
   $res = mysqli_query(*CONECTION*,"SELECT value FROM table WHERE condition=*is similar to x*");
  ?>

If this thing is possible please tell me how.

Answer 1

You need make use of the LIKE keyword

SELECT value FROM table WHERE condition like %x%

EDIT :

Seems like you are for levenshtein algorithm. Have a look here and here .
StackOverflow Thread

Answer 2

SELECT value, MATCH(value) AGAINST('x' IN BOOLEAN MODE) AS similarIndex
FROM table WHERE MATCH(value) AGAINST ('x' IN BOOLEAN MODE) 
ORDER BY similarIndex DESC