thanks for your reply
i saw that post before, but it does not answer my question, what i get from that is that it isn't possible
here's the example:
"SELECT * FROM loja where MATCH (nome, texto, produtos, servicos, keywords, morada) AGAINST ('%$keyword%') ORDER BY nome ASC"
example:
i have i one record in the field keywords has the keyword 'cars'.
i search for 'car' -> 0 results
'%' does not work here