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I try to do a search bar for my web site, but I don't know why this code doesn't work.

Can someone give an advise, or a better idea ?

 

//starting php

<?php

$hostname_logon = "localhost" ; 

$database_logon = "forum" ; 

$username_logon = "root" ; 

$password_logon = "password" ; 

//open database connection

$connections = mysql_connect($hostname_logon, $username_logon, $password_logon) or die ( "Unabale to connect to the database" );

//select database

mysql_select_db($database_logon) or die ( "Unable to select database!" );

 

// Get the search variable from URL

  $var = @$_GET['q'] ;

//trim whitespace from the stored variable

  $trimmed = trim($var);

//separate key-phrases into keywords

  $trimmed_array = explode(" ",$trimmed);

 

// check for an empty string and display a message.

if ($trimmed == "") {

  $resultmsg =  "<p>Search Error</p><p>Please enter a search...</p>" ;

  }

 

// check for a search parameter

if (!isset($var)){

  $resultmsg =  "<p>Search Error</p><p>We don't seem to have a search parameter! </p>" ;

  }

if(isset($var))

{

    $query = "SELECT * FROM forumtutorial_posts WHERE author LIKE '%$trimm%' OR title like '%$trimm%' OR post like '%$trimm%'" ;

    // Execute the query to  get number of rows that contain search kewords

    $numresults=mysql_query($query);

   

      $numresults = mysql_query ($query) or die ( "Couldn't execute query" );

 

    while( $row= mysql_fetch_array($numresults));

    {

        print("$row[0] and $row[1] and $row[2]");

    }

}

else

{

?>

 

<form action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" method="get" name="search">

  <div align="center">

      <input name="q" type="text" value=" " size="15">

      <input name="search" type="submit" value="Search">

  </div>

</form>

 

<?php

}

?>

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