Stripped Prefix

[bootneck]

Hi,

 

I'm new here and to php/MySQL.

 

Have searched fairly extensively for a solution for this but so far haven't found one.

 

I'm using MySQL 5.0.61 - PHP 5.0 on XAMPP with global_variables disabled. Searching on MYSQl Fulltext boolean.Script has pagination. 

 

Have an HTML form with lines:-

 

<form action="lookup.php" method="POST">

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="kwords" VALUE="" VALUE=""

          SIZE="25" MAX LENGTH="150">

 

Lookup.php has lines:-

if(! isset($kwords)) {

$phrase = $_REQUEST['kwords'];

(doesn't work with $_POST['kwords'])

}

and in pagnation lines such as:-

echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?kwords=$kwords&pageno=1'>FIRST</a> ";

}

 

The script runs OK with the exception that on searches such as 'apples +oranges' the '+' is stripped put of on page refreshes.

 

I've tried numerous variations on the above but all seem to end up with the '+' being stripped from the called variable (kwords).

 

Any help, such as a pointer to the right page in the manual, would be most appreciated.

 

 

 

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[dubc07]

Are you trying to spider the database or a web page for key words ?

 

[bootneck]

No,

 

It's a db table holding a fulltext field against which there's a boolean search. As said it works ok with quoted string and truncated searches, but on boolean selections (+ -)I it drops the prefix on page refreshes.