if (strchr($cuisine,",")){ explode(",", $cuisine); } $sql = "SELECT y.cuisine, x.rid, x.name, x.address, x.area, x.town, x.country, x.postcode, x.telno, x.description, x.keywords, x.lastupdated, x.catid FROM listings x, listings_food y WHERE x.rid = y.rid AND x.hide = '' AND y.cuisine LIKE '%$_GET[cuisine]%' ORDER BY name"; //If $cuisine is an array how do i made it include all results with $cuisine[]? //would it be like LIKE '%$cuisine[]%' ?