Searching SQL database and CONCAT data

Question

New to php and sql so i will try to explain:

I have a SEARCH field in PHP and i am trying to search by 'ProposalName' that match with what the user enters.

This prints out fine:

SELECT
    rec_proposal.ProposalID,
    ProposalName,
    Status,
    researcher.FirstName,
    researcher.LastName,
    reviewer.FirstName as revFirstName,
    reviewer.LastName as revLastName,
    reviewer.UserID as revUserID,
    review.ReviewDate as revDate, 
    rec_proposal.DateSubmitted
FROM rec_proposal
INNER JOIN User AS researcher
    ON rec_proposal.userid = researcher.UserID
LEFT JOIN review
    ON rec_proposal.ProposalID=review.ProposalID
LEFT JOIN User as reviewer
    ON review.UserID=reviewer.UserID

But now using all the columns I need the above code to do something like this

  SELECT * FROM rec_proposal WHERE CONCAT (ProposalName) LIKE'%test%'

SO if user enters the word 'test' you would see ProposalName that contains the words test

Answer 1

Just add your WHERE clause, it should work. And as scaisEdge noted in their comment, you don't need CONCAT() if you are just evaluating a single column :

SELECT
    rec_proposal.ProposalID,
    ProposalName,
    Status,
    researcher.FirstName,
    researcher.LastName,
    reviewer.FirstName as revFirstName,
    reviewer.LastName as revLastName,
    reviewer.UserID as revUserID,
    review.ReviewDate as revDate, 
    rec_proposal.DateSubmitted
FROM rec_proposal
INNER JOIN User AS researcher
    ON rec_proposal.userid = researcher.UserID
LEFT JOIN review
    ON rec_proposal.ProposalID=review.ProposalID
LEFT JOIN User as reviewer
    ON review.UserID=reviewer.UserID
WHERE rec_proposal.ProposalName LIKE '%test%'