[eluser]tonanbarbarian[/eluser]
by default the like method will put wildcards % before and after the string provided. You can change this behaviour ot only before or only after
however what you are trying to do is not possible
If you search for "Computer Station" and you are expecting it to find just "Computer" then what you have to do is split your search term into a like per word
i.e.
Code:
$this->db->like('text', 'Computer');
$this->db->or_like('text', 'Station');
This will find any rows where the field `text` contains 'Computer' or 'Station'