I am converting all my queries from mysql to PDO, and in this process I found a conditional query like a follows
if (isset($parameters['searchTerm'])) {
$where =" And title LIKE '%{$parameters['searchTerm'] }%'";
}
$sql = "Select * from table data Where tableId = 5 {$where} ";
and when I am trying to convert this query in PDO the expected syntax is as follows
if (isset($parameters['searchTerm'])) {
$where =" And title LIKE :searchTerm";
}
$sql = $dbh->prepare("Select * from table data Where tableId = 5 {$where}");
if (isset($parameters['searchTerm'])) {
$sql ->bindParam(':searchTerm', '%{$parameters['searchTerm'] }%');
}
$sql ->execute();
Now as you can See that the if condition if (isset ($parameters ['searchTerm'] )) {...}
is repeated twice.
The reason is
- I can not prepare the sql query before $where is being set thus $sql variable is initialized after first if statement
- I can not bind the parameters until I prepare the sql so it has to be placed after the $sql is being prepared
So there is one if statement before $sql = $dbh->prepare("Select * from table data Where tableId = 5 {$where}");
and one if statement after.
And my question is: Is there a way to remove this redundant if statement or I have to do it this way only.