<html>
<?php
$var = @$_GET['q'] ; // get the query for the search engine (if applicable)
$trimmed = trim($var); //trim whitespace from the stored variable
$user = "root"; // AN EDIT IS REQUIRED HERE
$password = "";
$host = "localhost";
$dbase = "system";
$table = "students";
// Connection to DBase
mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);
@mysql_select_db($dbase) or die("Unable to select database");
$field_to_search = "FullName";
$query = "SELECT * FROM students WHERE FullName LIKE "%$trimmed%" ";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$count = mysql_numrows($result);
?>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="search" method="GET" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>">
Seach the database for: <input type="text" name="q" />
<input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" />
</form>
<?php
if ($trimmed == "")
{
echo "<p>Please enter a search...</p>";
exit;
}
// check for a search parameter
if (!isset($var))
{
echo "<p>We dont seem to have a search parameter!</p>";
exit;
}
$numresults=mysql_query($query);
$numrows=mysql_num_rows($numresults);
if ($numrows == 0)
{
echo "<h4>Results</h4>";
echo "<p>Sorry, your search: " . $trimmed . " returned zero results</p>";
}
// next determine if s has been passed to script, if not use 0
if (empty($s))
{
$s=0;
}
// get results
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Couldn't execute query");
if($numrows > 1){ $return = "results";}
else{ $return = "result"; }
// display what the person searched for
echo "<p>Your search for '" . $var . "" returned $numrows $return.</p>";
// begin to show results set
$count = 1 + $s ;
while ($r= mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$id = $r["username"];
$year = $r["Bday"];
$date = $r["Nic"];
$title = $r["Land"];
$description = $r["IntName"];
$count++ ;
?>
<? echo $description ?>
Result Number: <? echo $count ?>
<?php } ?>
//By Irantha Jayasekara:irantha.86@gmail.com
</body>
</html>
Irantha Jayasekara
B.Sc(UG) in Computer Science & Technology(special)
SUSL
