Mysql Regexp with array

Question

I am getting an array of category id eg. ['1','2','3'] and in my database table it is stored as 1_abc eg : category : 1_Sameer Now it is easy if i get one value

ie. WHERE category like 1_%;

But since this is an array how can i use like or regex to compare with the database values

Answer 1

In this case you can do as many queries as you have array elements and merge these results together if needed to get single collection of elements.

$results = new Collection();
foreach($ids as $id) {
$categories=Category::where("id","like","$id_%")->get();
    $results=$results->merge($categories);
}

Answer 2

you have to do looping for that

for($i=0;$i<=count($array_result)-1;$i++) {

$result=mysql_query("select * from table_name where category like '{$array_result[$i]}_%' ");

}