title: matching text to a row
body: <p>I have a row in my mysql table like so</p>
  
  <pre><code>John - Hey (johnnny)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but because of how the string has been formatted i have </p>
  
  <pre><code>john hey johnnny
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried this query</p>
  
  <pre><code>$q  = mysqli_query($id,"SELECT * FROM mixes WHERE `tracklist` LIKE %".$_REQUEST['did']."%");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this did not work? Any ideas?</p>