title: Why wont this left join work?
body: <p>I am having trouble with this block of code. The error is near  LIKE. This is the code...</p>
  
  <pre><code>try {
      $st = $db-&gt;query('SELECT', "SELECT a.`fast_cash` as `fast`, a.`urgent_cash` as `urgent`, b.`store_name` as `store` FROM `Locations` a LEFT JOIN `loan_balances` b ON b.`store_name` LIKE '%' + a.`nick` + '%'", 'array'); 
  } catch (Exception $e) {
      echo $e-&gt;getMessage();
  }
  </code></pre>