PHP Variables

[richo89]

Hey,

 

I have a form where by the user enters a search criteria for example alfa romeo price from £2000.

 

The code then picks up the data from mysql table and prints the results out.

 

However I want to have a page where the user clicks more info for a particular car it carries the information across to a new page.

 

My code:

 

<?PHP
session_start();

//Create variables to store data from .html file
$_SESSION['searchmake'] = $_GET['searchmake'];
$searchmake = $_SESSION['searchmake'];

$_SESSION['searchmodel'] = $_GET['searchmodel'];
$searchmodel = $_SESSION['searchmodel'];

$_SESSION['searchpricemin'] = $_GET['searchpricemin'];
$searchpricemin = $_SESSION['searchpricemin'];

$_SESSION['searchpricemax'] = $_GET['searchpricemax'];
$searchpricemax = $_SESSION['searchpricemax'];

require "config.php";           // All database details will be included here 

$page_name="cmSearch.php"; //  If you use this code with a different page ( or file ) name then change this 

@$column_name=$_GET['column_name']; // Read the column name from query string. 


$start=$_GET['start'];								// To take care global variable if OFF
if(!($start > 0)) {                         // This variable is set to zero for the first page
$start = 0;
}

$eu = ($start - 0); 
$limit = 6;                                 // No of records to be shown per page.
$this1 = $eu + $limit; 
$back = $eu - $limit; 
$next = $eu + $limit; 

echo "Searching for ". $_SESSION['searchmake'] ; //retrieve data
echo " Between £". $_SESSION['searchpricemin'] ; //retrieve data
echo " and £". $_SESSION['searchpricemax'] ; //retrieve data


/////////////// WE have to find out the number of records in our table. We will use this to break the pages///////
$query2=" SELECT * FROM cars WHERE make LIKE '$searchmake' AND price BETWEEN '$searchpricemin' AND '$searchpricemax' ORDER BY price ASC";
$result2=mysql_query($query2);
echo mysql_error();
$nume=mysql_num_rows($result2);

////////////// Now let us start executing the query with variables $eu and $limit  set at the top of the page///////////
$query=" SELECT * FROM cars WHERE make LIKE '$searchmake' AND price BETWEEN '$searchpricemin' AND '$searchpricemax' ORDER BY price ASC";
if(isset($column_name) and strlen($column_name)>0){
$query = $query . " order by $column_name";
}
$query = $query. " limit $eu, $limit ";
$result=mysql_query($query);
echo mysql_error();

//////////////// Now we will display the returned records in side the rows of the table/////////
while($noticia = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
if($bgcolor=='#ffffff'){$bgcolor='#ffffff';}
else{$bgcolor='#ffffff';}

echo "<table border=0 width=100%>";
echo "<tr >";
echo "<td align=left colspan=5 BGCOLOR=#F8F8F8 id='title'> <font face='Verdana' color='#A00000' size='3'> <center><b><u>Cars For Sale</center></b></u></font></td>";
echo "<tr >";
echo "<td align=left rowspan=3 bgcolor=$bgcolor id='title'> <font face='Verdana' size='2'><img src='$noticia[picture]'</font></td>";
echo "<td align=left bgcolor=$bgcolor id='title'> <font face='Verdana' size='2'>$noticia[make] $noticia[model]</font></td>"; 
echo "<tr >";
echo "<td align=left bgcolor=$bgcolor id='title'> <font face='Verdana' size='2'>$noticia[Reg] reg - $noticia[colour] - $noticia[description] - $noticia[miles] miles</font></td>"; 
echo "<tr >"; 
echo "<td align=left colspan=3 bgcolor=$bgcolor id='title'> <font face='Verdana' color='red' size='3'><u>Price:£$noticia[price]</u></font></td>"; 
echo "<td align=left bgcolor=$bgcolor id='title'> <font face='Verdana' size='2'><a href='blank.php'>More Info???</a></font></td>"; 
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
////////////////////////////// End of displaying the table with records ////////////////////////


/////////////// Start the buttom links with Prev and next link with page numbers /////////////////
echo "<table align = 'center' width='50%'><tr><td  align='left' width='30%'>";
//// if our variable $back is equal to 0 or more then only we will display the link to move back ////////
if($back >=0) { 
print "<a href='$page_name?start=$back&column_name=$column_name&searchmake=$searchmake&searchpricemin=$searchpricemin&searchpricemax=$searchpricemax'><font face='Verdana' size='2'>PREV</font></a>"; 
} 
//////////////// Let us display the page links at  center. We will not display the current page as a link ///////////
echo "</td><td align=center width='30%'>";
$i=0;
$l=1;
for($i=0;$i < $nume;$i=$i+$limit){
if($i <> $eu){
echo " <a href='$page_name?start=$i&column_name=$column_name&searchmake=$searchmake&searchpricemin=$searchpricemin&searchpricemax=$searchpricemax'><font face='Verdana' size='2'>$l</font></a> ";
}
else { echo "<font face='Verdana' size='4' color=red>$l</font>";}        /// Current page is not displayed as link and given font color red
$l=$l+1;
}


echo "</td><td  align='right' width='30%'>";
///////////// If we are not in the last page then Next link will be displayed. Here we check that /////
if($this1 < $nume) { 
print "<a href='$page_name?start=$next&column_name=$column_name&searchmake=$searchmake&searchpricemin=$searchpricemin&searchpricemax=$searchpricemax'><font face='Verdana' size='2'>NEXT</font></a>";}
echo "</td></tr></table>";
?>

 

So as you can see I have a table printing results $noticia[make] $noticia[model] for example. Now how can I carry these results over to a new page when a user clicks more info?

 

Any help greatly appreciated.

[POG1]

use the GET method to do it. Create a link inside the loop to something like file.php?car=idNumber on that page you can then search using $_GET['car'] or $_REQUEST['car']

[richo89]

How do I make the results in my table a variable for me to GET.

 

Because my results in the table I need to somehow transfer over to a new page with the information where they have clicked More Info.