Proper syntax for WHERE in query...

[CorkyMcDoogle]

Hello...

I'm trying to set up a way to sort database results by the type of article it is. I have links Show: Type1 - Type2 - Type3 - All. The single type links work correctly but when I want to show all of them together nothing comes back. It's because the syntax I'm using is not correct I'm guessing.

Whats the correct way to ask for multiple types in the WHERE?

[code]switch ($_GET['type']){
case 'type1':
$type = "type1";
break;
case 'type2':
$type = "type2";
break;
case 'type3':
$type = "type3";
break;
case 'typ4':
$type = "type4";
break;
case 'all':
$type = "type1,type2,type3,type4";
break;
}
}
else {
$type = "type1";
}


$query = "SELECT DISTINCT type, title, itemtext, DATE_FORMAT(postdate,'%b %D, %Y - %l:%i %p') AS postdate FROM item WHERE type = ('$type') ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 10";[/code]

[onlyican]

SELECT * FROM table WHERE fieldname = 'text';

or

SELECT * FROM table WHERE fieldname LIKE '%text%';

Hope this helps

[CorkyMcDoogle]

Yea but I'm trying to get multiple types into one WHERE.

If type is set to 'all' I want it to show all types. Something like...
[code]WHERE type = 'type1 OR type2 OR type3 OR type4'[/code]

How can I make what I want fit into the $type variable?

[sasa]

[code]WHERE type = 'type1' OR type = 'type2' OR type = 'type3' etc.[/code]
or
[code]WHERE type IN ('type1','type2','type3','type4')[/code]