php - Can I remove an apostrophe from an SQL search (WHERE clause)?

Question

I have a query in SQL (Mysql) using a where clause.

SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE name = 'Bristols';

Now I know that there's a row in the table containing Bristol's with an apostrophe, but not one without an apostrophe. However I want to return the row anyway. The problem is that I can only feed the query a value without an apostrophe: Bristols - is there any way within the query to remove the apostrophe from the field the query is searching?

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM TABLE
WHERE replace(name, '''', '') = 'Bristols'

Answer 2

There are several ways to accomplish this:

See Fiddle

1. Regex:

   SELECT  * 
   FROM    cities
   WHERE   name REGEXP 'Bristol\'?s';
   

2. Replace:

   SELECT  * 
   FROM    cities
   WHERE   'Bristols' = replace(name,'\'','');
   

3. Explicit Matching:

   SELECT  * 
   FROM    cities
   WHERE   name IN('Bristols','Bristol''s');
   

Answer 3

You have Two possible outlooks:

First:

 SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE name LIKE '%Bristol%' // Gather data like: BrISTOLS, Bristols, Bristol, Bristol's,

Second:

  SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE replace(name,'''','') = 'Bristols'