joshgarrod Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hi, my search script is not working correctly, i send a search but it just refreshes the page with no results returned, where am i going wrong? thanks in advance. PHP <?php $find = $_POST['find']; //This is only displayed if they have submitted the form if ($searching =="yes") { echo "<h2>Results</h2><hr>"; //If they did not enter a search term we give them an error if ($find == "") { echo "<p>Please enter a search term"; exit; } // Otherwise we connect to our Database mysql_connect("ip_addy", "usr", "pass") or die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db("databsae") or die(mysql_error()); // We preform a bit of filtering $find = strtoupper($find); $find = strip_tags($find); $find = trim ($find); //Now we search for our search term, in the table the user specified $find_array = explode(" ", $find); $find_sql = ""; // init foreach ($find_array as $temp) $find_sql .= "upper($field) LIKE '%".$temp."%' OR"; // note only need to do the substr once, the second time was removing the other %' $find_sql = substr($find_sql, 0, -3); // throw away last OR statement $sql = "SELECT * FROM $field WHERE $find_sql"; $data = mysql_query($sql) OR DIE("SQL Was: " . $sql . "<br />ERROR: " . mysql_error()); $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $field"); $num = mysql_num_rows($sql); if ($num > 0) { // There's a result } else { // No results found. }//And we display the results while($result = mysql_fetch_array( $data )) { echo "<b>Title: </b>"; echo $result['title']; echo "<br>"; echo "<b>Description: </b>"; echo $result['descr']; echo "<br>"; echo "<b>URL: Click here to view more details: </b>"; echo "<a href=\"view_vehicle_accessory_$field".$result['ref']."\">More Details >></a>"; echo "<br>"; echo "<hr>"; } //This counts the number or results - and if there wasn't any it gives them a little message explaining that $anymatches=mysql_num_rows($data); if ($anymatches == 0) { echo "Sorry, but we can not find an entry to match your query<br><br>"; } //And we remind them what they searched for echo "<b>Searched For:</b> " .$find; } ?> HTML: <form action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>" method="post" name="search" class="style1"> Seach for: <input type="text" name="find" /> in <Select NAME="field"> <option value="electrics">Electrics</option> <option value="gas">Gas</option> <option value="towing">Towing</option> <option value="water">Water</option> <option value="kitchen">Kitchen</option> <option value="furniture">Furniture</option> <option value="security">Security</option> <option value="stepslevel">Steps & Levelling</option> </Select> <input type="hidden" name="searching" value="yes" /> <input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" /> </form> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayon Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 you could try replaceing spaces with % instead of exploding it... $find = str_replace(" ","%",$find); $sql = "SELECT * FROM `database` WHERE `table` LIKE '%".$find."%'"; .............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshgarrod Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 hi thanks, for the reply, i replaced: $find_array = explode(" ", $find); $find_sql = ""; // init with: $find = str_replace(" ","%",$find); $sql = "SELECT * FROM `database` WHERE `table` LIKE '%".$find."%'"; and it does the same... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayon Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 no... it adds the wildcard % between every word... so you dont need the foreach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshgarrod Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 i am using a search word that i no should bring results, so i am not using spaces atm. noting seams to be happening at all? Sorry I am slowly learning php but this is out of my league! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayon Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 first things first.. it's not out of your league it's all about trial and error now to the code where are you setting the $field? all i can see is you setting the $find.. EDIT: Didn't notice the SOLVED ... my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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