Can I do This?

[buds2000]

what i want to do is select from a drop down box OR type a search string on the same form.

IE;

 

<form action="searchall.php" method="POST">

<select name="srch">

<option value="" selected="selected"></option>

<option value="rock">Rock</option>

<option value="pop">Pop</option>

<option value="country">Country</option>

<option value="ballad">Ballad</option>

<option value="uptempo">Up Tempo</option>

<input type="text" name="srch" value="" size="30">

<input type="Submit">

</form>

 

I have an error check that will check to see if the string is empty:

if ($srch) // perform search only if a string was entered.

 

Should i just remove the error check? If i type in the string the action works, but if i choose from the drop down i get the error.

[no_one]

I don't know to much about html.. I'd think 'names' have to be unique? That is, the 'text' box having srch replaces the select as 'srch'. Maybe giving them both different names and checking if text exists, if not then check selection?

 

Maybe showing the error would help a bit more here. Sorry if I didn't help any.

[pocobueno1388]

Just check which search type the user searched with:

 

<?php

if (!empty($_POST['srch'])){
  //Put code here that searches according to the select box.

} else if (!empty(trim($_POST['srch2']))){
   //Put code here that searches according to what the user puts in the text box.
}

?>

<form action="searchall.php" method="POST">
   <select name="srch">
      <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
      <option value="rock">Rock</option>
      <option value="pop">Pop</option>
      <option value="country">Country</option>
      <option value="ballad">Ballad</option>
      <option value="uptempo">Up Tempo</option>
   </select>
   
<input type="text" name="srch2" value="" size="30">
<input name="submit" value="submit" type="submit">
</form>

[redarrow]

I agree you can not use the same select name as a name for a input box.

 

all you do is chage one or the other.

[cooldude832]

why you even want the same.  Input names are designed to give unqueness to inputs so you can retrive them on the process page

[buds2000]

The reason i want to use the same name (srch) is because of the line below.

 

$query = "select * from catalog WHERE w1 LIKE '$srch' || w2 LIKE '$srch' || w3 LIKE '$srch' || w4 LIKE '$srch' || pubtag LIKE '$srch'";

[JasonLewis]

well just add in the same thing except for $srch2.

$query = "select * from catalog WHERE w1 LIKE '$srch' OR w2 LIKE '$srch' OR w3 LIKE '$srch' OR w4 LIKE '$srch' OR pubtag LIKE '$srch' OR w1 LIKE '$srch2' OR w2 LIKE '$srch2' OR w3 LIKE '$srch2' OR w4 LIKE '$srch2' OR pubtag LIKE '$srch2'";

 

that wasnt so hard, was it?