Search using LIKE Clause Mysql

Programmer Question

I'm tring to convert a Mysql query to using a LIKE clause and I can't make it work.

$query = "SELECT id,name FROM `hin` WHERE name = '".$q."'";

What I've tried in some variations.

$query = "SELECT id,name FROM `hin` WHERE name LIKE %'".$q."'%";

I need the query to select row only on string match. Intend is to use variable as needle.

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