if(isset($_POST['search'])) { $string = $_POST['string']; // String to search for $string = explode(" ", $string); for($i = 0; $i < count($string); $i++) { ($i == 0) ? $search_query = $search_query .'\'%'.$string[$i].'%\'' : $search_query = $search_query .' AND \'%'.$string[$i].'%\''; } $search_query = '"SELECT * FROM guestbook WHERE text LIKE '.$search_query.' ORDER BY time DESC"'; echo $search_query; $search = mysql_query($search_query); }