Help creating a search model for my new website

[eluser]thinkigniter[/eluser]
Try

Code:

if (strlen($search_words) < 4) {    
            $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM songs WHERE deadlink='No' AND artistName LIKE '%". $search_words ."%' OR title LIKE '%". $search_words ."%' LIMIT $offset, $num ");
        }

Add '%' for containing keyword