php search works as seperate page, but not on same page
Question
I'm working on a project where I can use multiple forms on an html page to search and update tables from a mysql database. I have created a basic html form that will run a search on a separate php file. When I try to integrate that same php script into that same html it finds no results. Any help would be appreciated.
basic html
<html>
<body>
<form name="search" method="post" action="searchresults.php">
<input name="search" type="text" size="40" maxlength="50" />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
search php
<?php
$database = "dbname";
$username = "name";
$password = "pass";
$host = "host";
$conn = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $database);
if ($conn->connect_error){
die("Failed:" . $conn->connect_error);
}
echo"Successful";
$query = $_POST['search'];
$query = htmlspecialchars($query);
$raw_results = mysqli_query($conn,"SELECT * FROM beers WHERE name LIKE '%".$query."%'");
if(mysqli_num_rows($raw_results) > 0){ // if one or more rows are returned do following
while($results = mysqli_fetch_array($raw_results)){
echo "<p><h3>".$results['Name']."</h3>".$results['Brewery']."</p>";
}
}
else{ // if there is no matching rows do following
echo "No results";
}
?>
This works separated, but if I copy the same php script and insert it into the main html it connects but finds no results. Tried using _GET instead of _POST removed the action field and Ive searched all over for similar issues. If I scale everything completely down it gives me a parse error for $query = htmlspecialchars($query); , any thoughts?
1 answers
solution1
0
Apply if (isset($query)) {...} . Only when search name is valid can you gain results.
<?php
$query = $_POST['search'];
// Apply validation.
if (isset($query)) {
$query = htmlspecialchars($query);
echo"Successful";
$conn = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $database);
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Failed:" . $conn->connect_error);
}
$raw_results = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT * FROM beers WHERE name LIKE '%" . $query . "%'");
if (mysqli_num_rows($raw_results) > 0) { // if one or more rows are returned do following
while ($results = mysqli_fetch_array($raw_results)) {
echo "<p><h3>" . $results['Name'] . "</h3>" . $results['Brewery'] . "</p>";
}
} else { // if there is no matching rows do following
echo "No results";
}
}
?>
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