# How do you do an "or" statement in Php/Mysql

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**Created:** [May 3, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-do-an-or-statement-in-php-mysql/187975 "2006-05-03T14:56:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![devinstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@devinstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/devinstar)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-do-an-or-statement-in-php-mysql/187975/1 "2006-05-03T14:56:01Z")

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My code:

“SELECT \* FROM usertouch WHERE user = ‘$currusername’ \*\*or \*\*usertouch == ‘$currusername’”;

This doesn’t work, neither does ||.

How do I do an or statment for this?

Thanks!

Dev