I have this search script. It works great, although i'm trying to put a combo box into it and have got stuck. Can anyone help, its killing me?
<?php
$error = array();
$results = array();
// First check if a form was submitted.
// Since this is a search we will use $_GET
if (isset($_GET['search'])) {
$searchTerms = trim($_GET['search']);
$searchTerms = strip_tags($searchTerms); // remove any html/javascript.
if (strlen($searchTerms) < 3) {
$error[] = "Search terms must be longer than 3 characters.";
}else {
$searchTermDB = mysql_real_escape_string($searchTerms); // prevent sql injection.
}
// If there are no errors, lets get the search going.
if (count($error) < 1) {
$searchSQL = "SELECT id, title, description, location, jobtype FROM jobs WHERE ";
// grab the search types.
$types = array();
$types[] = isset($_GET['title'])?"`title` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":'';
$types[] = isset($_GET['description'])?"`description` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":'';
$types[] = isset($_GET['location'])?"`location` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'":'';
$types = array_filter($types, "removeEmpty"); // removes any item that was empty (not checked)
if (count($types) < 1)
$types[] = "`description` LIKE '%{$searchTermDB}%'"; // use the description as a default search if none are checked
$andOr = isset($_GET['matchall'])?'AND':'OR';
$searchSQL .= implode(" {$andOr} ", $types) . " ORDER BY `title`"; // order by title.
$searchResult = mysql_query($searchSQL) or trigger_error("There was an error.<br/>" . mysql_error() . "<br />SQL Was: {$searchSQL}");
if (mysql_num_rows($searchResult) < 1) {
$error[] = "The search term provided {$searchTerms} yielded no results.";
}else {
$results = array(); // the result array
$i = 1;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($searchResult)) {
$results[] = "{$i}: {$row['title']}<br />{$row['description']}<br />{$row['location']}<br /><br />{$row['jobtype']}<br /><br />";
$i++;
}
}
}
}
function removeEmpty($var) {
return (!empty($var));
}
?>
and here is the html with the combo box named jobtype:
<?php echo (count($error) > 0)?"The following had errors:<br /><span id=\"error\">" . implode("<br />", $error) . "</span><br /><br />":""; ?>
<form method="GET" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" name="searchForm">
Search For: <input type="text" name="search" value="<?php echo isset($searchTerms)?htmlspecialchars($searchTerms):''; ?>" /><br />
Search In:<br />
Title: <input type="checkbox" name="title" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['title'])?"checked":'checked'; ?> /> |
Desc: <input type="checkbox" name="description" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['description'])?"checked":'checked'; ?> /> |
location: <input type="checkbox" name="location" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['location'])?"checked":'checked'; ?> /> |
<br />
Match All Selected Fields? <input type="checkbox" name="matchall" value="on" <?php echo isset($_GET['matchall'])?"checked":''; ?>><br /><br />
<select name="jobtype">
<option value="">All</option>
<option value="Temporary">Temporary</option>
<option value="Permanent">Permanent</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search!" />
</form>
<?php echo (count($results) > 0)?"Your search term: {$searchTerms} returned:<br /><br />" . implode("", $results):""; ?>
Any help will be a great help
