[Skunkworks] PHP searching

Im searchin for specific data in a table which is contained in different rows.i.e.the string "missing data" I need to pull out only the fields that have that string and ignore the rest.Iv managed to display the table in one column with the adjacent field names.Now what's remaining is to exclude the fields that dont have that specific string..Google's not being very useful here.I guess Im asking the wrong questions.