How to set Lookup Field search operator to LIKE in (v2023)

I warmly greet you members.

I am working on a project in PHPMaker with a Lookup field that links to the Customer Table.

I have the following settings for the field:

1). Table name: tb_customer
2). Link field: id
3). Display Field #1: customer_name
4). Distinct: Yes
5). Allow add: Yes/True
6). Allow sort/Search: Yes
7). Edit Input Tag/Field: Text
8). Use Lookup Table: Yes
9). Force Selection: Yes

The challenge I have is that the Lookup Field use “START WITH” search operator instead of “LIKE”. For example if the Customer name that I intend to search for is “Ssenfuma Paddy Kaye”, when I use the search word “Paddy” or “Kaye” no record is returned. It only returns the record if I start with “Ssenfuma”

I seek assistance on how to fix this so that the “LIKE” search operator is what gets used.

Thank you!

You may enable Search keywords in any selected fields (Quick search) option under ToolsAdvanced Settings, re-generate ALL the script files, and try again.