php array push like condition question

[treehstn]

Hi everyone,

 

I am NO coder so please bear with me!  This is a line in one of the files on my site. 

 

array_push($strings, "(e.patternName like '%".$_POST['p_keyword']."%' OR e.pattern1 like '%".$_POST['p_keyword']."%' OR e.pattern2 like '%".$_POST['p_keyword']."%' OR e.pattern3 like '%".$_POST['p_keyword']."%' OR e.pattern4 like '%".$_POST['p_keyword']."%')");

 

Let's say that the keyword used is 25.  The search results end up being 25, 2225, 5425, etc.  How can the code be written so that wildcards are ok but in the absence of any it's an absolute search?