2017-04-26 In PHP you can use `or' as a replacement for `||' in logical ex- pressions (although with a different precedence). In Mysql, you might use `||' as as replacement for `OR' ... but it might as well be a replacement for `CONCAT()'! [0] Thus: Don't use `||' in Mysql! [0] https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/sql- mode.html#sqlmode_pipes_as_concat http://marmaro.de/lue/ markus schnalke