multiple checkbox submit - pulling data from SQL to display results

[aarondm]

Hi,

 

having problems getting checkboxes to display all reuslts when a user selects more than one check box say in the category section and one in the location section - see page http://www.partyco.co.uk/event-and-party-venues/ - submit to see reults page:

 

I managed to get it to display reults if the user only seletc either a right or left column option OR one of each - BUT not when thet select multiple categories and one location - and ideas how to do this ? putting it into an array perhaps - but how - new to some of this....

 

here is the code for the reults page:

<?php
$location = $_POST[location];
$category = $_POST[category];
?>

<?php

$Link = mysql_connect("xxxxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxx") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("xxxxxxxx") or die(mysql_error());

// selects db listings when location not given
if (empty($location)) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM venues WHERE category = '$category' order by title";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

// selects db listings when category not given
} elseif(empty($category)) {
$query = "SELECT * FROM venues WHERE location = '$location' order by title";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

// selects db listings when both given
}else {
$query = "SELECT * FROM venues WHERE category = '$category' and location = '$location' order by title";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
}

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
echo "<div class=\"resultsShort\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\">";
echo "<h2 id=\"resultsHeading\">";
echo $row['title'];
echo "</h2>";
echo "<p class\"resultspara\">". nl2br($row['description']). "</p>";
echo "<h4 style=\"margin:5px 0 0 0; padding:0;\">Contact details</h4>";
echo "<p class\"resultspara\">". nl2br($row['contact']). "</p>";
echo "<div style=\"float:left; width:124px; height:40px; margin:10px 15px 0 0;\">";
echo "<a href=\"/party-supplier-resources/email-supplier.php?title=". $row['title']. "&email=" . $row['email']. "&location=" . $row['location']. "&category=" . $row['category']. "\" title=\"contact this venue here\">";
echo "<img src=\"/images/email-supplier.jpg\" width=\"124\" align=\"right\" height=\"35\" alt=\"contact this supplier button\" border=\"0\" /></a>";
echo "</div>";
echo "</div>";
}


?>


<?php include("../include/shareLinks.php"); ?>


<div id="popupContact">
<a id="popupContactClose" title="close this window">close x</a>
<h1>Supplier Directory Enquiry Form</h1>
<?php include("../include/enquiryform.php"); ?>
</div>
<div id="backgroundPopup"></div>


<?php
mysql_close ($Link);
?>

Any help appreciated!

 

Aaron

 

MOD EDIT:

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[Pikachu2000]

When posting code,please enclose it within the forum's

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I also took the liberty of redacting your database credentials . . .