Original Code: static function filter ( $request, $columns, &$bindings ) { $globalSearch = array(); $columnSearch = array(); $dtColumns = self::pluck( $columns, 'dt' ); if ( isset($request['search']) && $request['search']['value'] != '' ) { $str = $request['search']['value']; for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['columns']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) { $requestColumn = $request['columns'][$i]; $columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns ); $column = $columns[ $columnIdx ]; if ( $requestColumn['searchable'] == 'true' ) { $binding = self::bind( $bindings, '%'.$str.'%', PDO::PARAM_STR ); $globalSearch[] = "`".$column['db']."` LIKE ".$binding; } } } Changed Code: static function filter ( $request, $columns, &$bindings ) { $globalSearch = array(); $columnSearch = array(); $dtColumns = self::pluck( $columns, 'dt' ); if ( isset($request['search']) && $request['search']['value'] != '' ) { $str = $request['search']['value']; for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['columns']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) { $requestColumn = $request['columns'][$i]; $columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns ); $column = $columns[ $columnIdx ]; if ( $requestColumn['searchable'] == 'true' ) $strArray = explode(' ',$str); foreach ($strArray as $str) { $binding = self::bind( $bindings, '%'.$str.'%', PDO::PARAM_STR ); $globalSearch[] = "`".$column['db']."` LIKE ".$binding; } } }