How could I link directly to a search result?

[[-_-]]

It sends searches from my main site to another torrent site in frames. So for example how would I link to the second result thru my website so it stays in frames here? http://www.plentyoftorrents.com/results_new.php?site=Mininova&q=ubuntu+linux

 

Results page:

<?php
// grab the search query and request site from the url

if($_POST["q"]){
$q = $_POST["q"];
}else{
$q = $_GET['q'];

}
$q = htmlentities(stripslashes(trim($q)));
if($_POST['site']){
$site = $_POST["site"];
}else{
$site = $_GET['site'];

}
include('switch.php');

?>

 

Switch.php

 

<?php
// here we use a switch statement to define our url
switch ($site) {


case "Mininova":

$url = "http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=". $q;

break;


case "Btjunkie":

$url = "http://btjunkie.org/search?q=". $q;

break;

case "Btleech":

$url = "http://btleech.com/search.php?q=". $q ."&cat=&min=min&max=max&submit=Torrents&adv=&br="; 


break;

 

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[Prismatic]

Use $_GET instead of $_POST so the form data is sent through the URL, that way you can link to any search you want

[[-_-]]

Use $_GET instead of $_POST so the form data is sent through the URL, that way you can link to any search you want

So change all $_POST tags to  $_GET?

[Adam]

You will need to alter your HTML forms too so the "method" = get in order to use $_GET:

 

<form method="get" ......

 

Also I believe you can specify "target" in <form> as well, I'd look into that for loading the contents into a frame...

 

Adam

[[-_-]]

Im testing it out here instead of the torrent form

http://plentyoftorrents.com/web/web2/results_new.php?q=coffee&site=Google

and I click on the first result which is wikipedia and nothing changes in the address bar.

I would like it to be something like this.

http://plentyoftorrents.com/web/web2/results_new.php?q=coffee&site=Google=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee

Or if theres a way of keeping the url shorter and still being able to link directly to a result in the frames that might be better.

[cooldude832]

If you want to use only a pure GET method to transfer data (which you do for caching purpose) you have to push enough data through GET to "Get" what you want back.

 

 

You could use a database table to backend this and then passing a PK via GET restore what you need that way.

[[-_-]]

If you want to use only a pure GET method to transfer data (which you do for caching purpose) you have to push enough data through GET to "Get" what you want back.

 

 

You could use a database table to backend this and then passing a PK via GET restore what you need that way.

I would have no idea how to do that. Is there a name for this url in frames thing? maybe I can find a step by step tutorial.

[cooldude832]

You  don't need a tutorial its very simple read what GET and POST do

 

 

You are trying to pass additional data beyond the destination page via a URL that is GET and those extra bits of data are what you are concerned about so figure out how you want to organize the extra bits of data and stick em in the url and your there

[[-_-]]

I added $_GET and get to the form but nothing happened. ???

[[-_-]]

Also would I be able to send someone an url like

http://plentyoftorrents.com/coffee cup software

so that it enters it into the form and they can then decide to click go or choose a site to use from the drop down menu?

[[-_-]]

You  don't need a tutorial its very simple read what GET and POST do

 

 

You are trying to pass additional data beyond the destination page via a URL that is GET and those extra bits of data are what you are concerned about so figure out how you want to organize the extra bits of data and stick em in the url and your there

GET and POST for HTML or PHP?

[blueman378]

they are the same thing