To perform a search in MySQL where the first result is an exact match and the subsequent results are similar to the search term, you can use the ORDER BY clause in combination with the LIKE operator.
Here’s an example query:
SELECT *
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name LIKE 'search_term%'
ORDER BY column_name = 'search_term' DESC, column_name LIKE 'search_term%' DESC
In this query, replace table_name with the name of your table, column_name with the name of the column you want to search in, and search_term with the term you want to search for.
The LIKE 'search_term%' condition matches all the rows where column_name starts with search_term. The % is a wildcard character that matches any number of characters after search_term.
The ORDER BY clause is used to sort the results. The column_name = 'search_term' DESC condition sorts the results in descending order, putting the exact match at the top. The column_name LIKE 'search_term%' DESC condition sorts the subsequent results in descending order, putting the most similar matches next.
Note that this query assumes that you want to order the results by the exact match first, followed by similar matches. If you want to order them differently, you can adjust the ORDER BY clause accordingly.
