Problem with Livesearch tutorial at w3schools

[lilianev]

Hi, this is my first time posting here. My apologies if I do it incorrectly.

 

The following is based off of the PHP Ajax Livesearch tutorial here: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_livesearch.asp

 

My example is here: http://pr107m.psur.utk.edu/~lilia/campusmap/livesearch.html

 

Here is the PHP from my livesearch.php file:

<?php 
$xmlDoc=new DOMDocument("1.0");
$xmlDoc->load("genxml-buildings-depts-050411.xml");

$x=$xmlDoc->getElementsByTagName('locators');

//get the q parameter from URL
$q=$_GET["q"];

//lookup all links from the xml file if length of q>0
if (strlen($q)>0)
{

$hint="";
for($i=0; $i<($x->length);$i++)
  {
  $y=$x->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('building');  
  $z=$x->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('department');
  if ($p = $y->item(0)->nodeType==1)
    { 
    //find a link matching the search text
    if (stristr($y->item($i)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue,$q) || stristr($z->item($i)->childNodes->item($i)->nodeValue,$q) )
      { 
      if ($hint=" ")
        { 
	$hint="<a href='#' target='_blank'>" . $z->item($i)->childNodes->item($i)->nodeValue . "</a> — ". $y->item($i)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue ."<br>";
	if (stristr($y->item($i)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue,$q) ) {
	$hint=$hint."<a href='#' target='_blank'>" .
	$y->item($i)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue . "</a>"; }
	}
   else
	{ 
	$hint=$hint . "<br /><a href='#' target='_blank'>" .
	$z->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue .
	"</a><br><a href='#' target='_blank'>" .
	$y->item(0)->childNodes->item(0)->nodeValue . "</a>";
        } 
      }
    }
  }
}

// Set output to "no suggestion" if no hint were found
// or to the correct values
if ($hint=="")
  {
  $response="no suggestion";
  }
else
  {
  $response=$hint;
  }

//output the response
echo $response;
?> 

 

 

Here is the XML: http://pr107m.psur.utk.edu/~lilia/campusmap/genxml-buildings-depts-050411.xml

 

My Problem: I am trying to get a live search to work. Currently, it's only searching (or at least displaying search results) from the first <building> element. If you search A, M, C, etc. it will display results (Mathematics, Aconda Court). If you search any other letter, B, Y, G, etc., it returns "no suggestions." I've searched on forums most of the afternoon for a solution. It seems like a lot of folks have issues with the same W3schools tutorial, but not specifically this issue. I think I need to create another loop somewhere, but when I've looked at others' adaptations of the W3Schools tutorial, they're not using another loop. Which makes me think I've done something wrong.

 

Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much.

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[jcbones]

Something tells me this isn't 100%, but you could tweak it from here (or post the exact problem you are getting, and we can help further).  BTW, one of the best descriptions ever posted by a newbie.

 

<?php 
$xmlDoc=new DOMDocument("1.0");
//"genxml-buildings-depts-050411.xml"
$xmlDoc->load('http://pr107m.psur.utk.edu/~lilia/campusmap/genxml-buildings-depts-050411.xml');

$x=$xmlDoc->getElementsByTagName('locators');

//get the q parameter from URL
$q= (isset($_GET['q'])) ? $_GET['q'] : NULL;

//lookup all links from the xml file if length of q>0
if (!empty($q))
{
   
$hint="";
for($i=0; $i<($x->length);$i++)
  {
  $y=$x->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('building');
  
  for($n = 0; $n < ($y->length); $n++) {
  $z=$x->item($i)->getElementsByTagName('department');
  
  
  
  for($num = 0; $num < ($z->length); $num++) {
	  if ($p = $y->item(0)->nodeType==1)
		{ 
		//find a link matching the search text
		 if (stristr($y->item($n)->nodeValue,$q) || stristr($z->item($num)->nodeValue,$q) )
		  { 
		  if ($hint=" ")
			{				
		  $hint = "<a href='#' target='_blank'>" . $z->item($num)->nodeValue . "</a> — ". $y->item($i)->nodeValue ."<br>";
		  if (stristr($y->item($n)->nodeValue,$q) ) {
		  $hint .= "<a href='#' target='_blank'>" .
		  $y->item($n)->nodeValue . "</a>"; }
		  }
		  else
		  { 
		  $hint .= "<br /><a href='#' target='_blank'>" .
		  $z->item(0)->nodeValue .
		  "</a><br><a href='#' target='_blank'>" .
		  $y->item(0)->nodeValue . "</a>";
			} 
		  }
		}
	  }
	}
}
}

// Set output to "no suggestion" if no hint were found
// or to the correct values
if (empty($hint))
  {
  $response="no suggestion";
  }
else
  {
  $response=$hint;
  }

//output the response
echo $response;
?>