[SOLVED] form output

crazyglue71 · July 9, 2009

how can i take user input from a form and convert it to a text string.

so say the user enters in the text form "looking for something" and clicks submit

it would redirect the user to http://mysite.com/page/looking-for-something

is this possible?

thank you

The Eagle · July 9, 2009

Hello CrazyGlue

You're referring to, well I do believe, a search tab feature on your website. At the time being, I am not aware of a way for them to be able to be redirected to a certain part of a website with text entry.

I know of a way, with includes Javascript, of them to click a button (radio button) and be redirected to a page specified by the code.

Let me know, but I will look into this for you.

crazyglue71 · July 9, 2009

this is what i have its an autosuggest script

 <input class="input" name="input" type="text" id="input1" size="30" maxlength="1000" src="/images/search.jpg" onkeyup="autoSuggest(this.id, 'listWrap1', 'searchList1', 'input1', event);" onkeydown="keyBoardNav(event, this.id);" /> 
  <input type="submit" name="search" id="search1" value="submit" />

when you click submit nothing happens

i mean can you not take the information from the input box and somehow use

onClick="location.href='/page/input from text box will appear here'"

The Eagle · July 9, 2009

After investigating into your issue, I do believe a search engine would most fit your needs. You can use one of the free ones (e.g: Google Search Engine, Pax.com Search tab).

You may also use the one I've made temporarily

Below is the HTML to your webpage, so it may be searched.

<html>

<head>

<title>Web Search</title>

</head>

<form name="form1" method="POST" action="search.php">

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<tr>

<td width="36%">

<div align="center">

<input type="text" name="keyword">

</div>

</td>

<td width="64%">

<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search!">

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Then you should create a file named "search.php". Put the following code into this new file.

<?php

function listFiles($dir){

$handle=opendir($dir);

while(false!==($file=readdir($handle))){

if($file!="."&&$file!=".."){

//if it is a directory, then continue

if(is_dir("$dir/$file")){

listFiles("$dir/$file");

}

else{

//process the searching here with the following PHP script

}

}

}

}

function listFiles($dir,$keyword,&$array){

$handle=opendir($dir);

while(false!==($file=readdir($handle))){

if($file!="."&&$file!=".."){

if(is_dir("$dir/$file")){

listFiles("$dir/$file",$keyword,$array);

}

else{

//read file

$data=fread(fopen("$dir/$file","r"),filesize("$dir/$file"));

//avoid search search.php itself

if($file!="search.php"){

//contain keyword?

if(eregi("$keyword",$data)){

$array[]="$dir/$file";

}

}

}

}

}

}

//define array $array

$array=array();

//execute function

listFiles(".","php",$array);

//echo/print search results

foreach($array as $value){

echo "$value"."
\n";

} ?>

Now, combine the programs listed above, you will find all the related results in your websites will be found and listed. A further optimization of the search engine can be taken by adding the following,

1,list the title of all searching results

REPLACE THE FOLLOWING

if(eregi("$keyword",$data)){

$array[]="$dir/$file";

}

WITH

if(eregi("$keyword",$data)){

if(eregi("<title>(.+)

</title>",$data,$m)){

$title=$m["1"];

}

else{

$title="no title";

}

$array[]="$dir/$file $title";

}

2,Add links to searching results

CHANGE THE FOLLOWING

foreach($array as $value){

echo "$value"."
\n";

}

TO

foreach($array as $value){

list($filedir,$title)=split("[ ]",$value,"2");

echo "$value"."
\n";

}
// ADD THE FOLLOWING AT THE BEGINNING OF PHP FILES

set_time_limit("600");

set_time_limit("600");

$keyword=trim($_POST["keyword"]);

if($keyword==""){

echo"Please enter your keyword";

exit; }

function listFiles($dir,$keyword,&$array){

$handle=opendir($dir);

while(false!==($file=readdir($handle))){

if($file!="."&&$file!=".."){

if(is_dir("$dir/$file")){

listFiles("$dir/$file",$keyword,$array);

}

else{

$data=fread(fopen("$dir/$file","r"),filesize("$dir/$file"));

if(eregi("<body([^>]+)>(.+)</body>",$data,$b)){

$body=strip_tags($b["2"]);

}

else{

$body=strip_tags($data);

} if($file!="search.php"){

if(eregi("$keyword",$body)){

if(eregi("<title>(.+)</title>",$data,$m)){

$title=$m["1"];

}

else{

$title="no title";

}

$array[]="$dir/$file $title";

}

}

}

}

}

}

$array=array();

listFiles(".","$keyword",$array);

foreach($array as $value){

list($filedir,$title)=split("[ ]",$value,"2");

echo "$title "."
\n";

}

If you wish, you may add this to the VERY top of the PHP code to alert the user when no words have been typed into the box.

//get keywords

$keyword=trim($_POST["keyword"]);

//check if the keyword is empty

if($keyword==""){

echo"no keywords";

exit;

}

?>

The Eagle · July 9, 2009

After reading your second post, I do still believe a search engine will fit your needs. There is another possibility, I do not know if you're looking for this or not. It's called a radio button redirect, or as in my mind it is.

It uses no PHP, and just Javascript, which may cause {slight} problems if the user has no Javascript enabled, so this may be a "last resort."

<html>
<head>
<title>Radio Button Redirect</title>

<SCRIPT type="Text/JavaScript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

<!-- Begin
function go(loc) {
window.location.href = loc;
}
//  End -->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<td valign=top>
<div><center>
<form name="form" action="pagename.html"><b>Pick your choice:</b><br>
<BR><table border=0 cellpadding=5><tr><td>
<input type="radio" name="loc" style="color: #092445; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px #ffffff solid;" onClick="go('pagename.html');"  alt=""></td><td><font face=verdana size=2>Selection #1</font></td></tr><tr><td>

<input type="radio" name="loc" style="color: #092445; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px #ffffff solid;" onClick="go('pagename.html');"  alt=""></td><td><font face=verdana size=2>Selection #2</font></td></tr><tr><td>

<input type="radio" name="loc" style="color: #092445; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px #ffffff solid;" onClick="go(''pagename.html'');"  alt=""></td><td><font face=verdana size=2>Selection #3</font></td></tr><tr><td>

<input type="radio" name="loc" style="color: #092445; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px #ffffff solid;" onClick="go('pagename.html'');"  alt=""></td><td><font face=verdana size=2>Selection #4</font></td></tr></table>

<BR><BR><BR>
</form>
</html>

It's useful in some situations. You may see a live demo of it on my website.

http://www.vazzer.net/chooseyourclass.html

I made that awhile ago, so don't mind the crazyness of it .

joel24 · July 9, 2009

if you had a form with text input called say userInputBox

you could have

$userInput = $_POST['userInputBox'];
//change spaces to -
$userInput = str_replace(' ', '-', $userInput);

//redirect user to url
header("location: page/$userInput");
exit();

crazyglue71 · July 10, 2009

hi Joel

my code looks like this i think what your suggesting would work but how would i place the code can you look below and see

<div class="wrapSearch">
  <div>
  <input class="input" name="input" type="text" id="input1" size="30" maxlength="1000" onkeyup="autoSuggest(this.id, 'listWrap1', 'searchList1', 'input1', event);" onkeydown="keyBoardNav(event, this.id);" />   
<input type="submit" name="search" id="search1" value="Search" />
  </div>
  <div class="listWrap" id="listWrap1">
  <ul class="searchList" id="searchList1">
  </ul>
  </div>
</div>

Thanks

joel24 · July 10, 2009

your input code needs to be inside a form...

i.e.

<div class="wrapSearch">
  <div>
<form action="<?php echo basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post">
  <input class="input" name="input" type="text" id="input1" size="30" maxlength="1000" onkeyup="autoSuggest(this.id, 'listWrap1', 'searchList1', 'input1', event);" onkeydown="keyBoardNav(event, this.id);" />   
<input type="submit" name="search" id="search1" value="Search" />
</form>
  </div>
  <div class="listWrap" id="listWrap1">
  <ul class="searchList" id="searchList1">
  </ul>
  </div>
</div>

that form will post the contents to itself.. and the php will pick it up.. put the php in the very top of the page! before any <html> <head> etc

if (isset($_POST['input']) && !empty($_POST['input']) {
$userInput = $_POST['input'];
//change spaces to -
$userInput = str_replace(' ', '-', $userInput);

//redirect user to url
header("location: page/$userInput");
exit();
}

that will redirect the user to www.mydomain.com/whatever/page/user-input

what did you want to try and achieve from this?

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