# Searching using PHP APIs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-using-php-apis/25868>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 20, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-using-php-apis/25868 "2015-07-20T05:46:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BZen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BZen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BZen)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-using-php-apis/25868/1 "2015-07-20T05:46:43Z")

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I would like to search for specific words in elasticsearch. I went through this link. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/\_postcodes\_and\_structured\_data.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_postcodes_and_structured_data.html). I would to do SQL kind of queries, e.g message LIKE %test%. How would I do it using Elastica PHP APIs?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-using-php-apis/25868/2 "2017-07-06T00:00:27Z")

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