I'm fairly new to PHP. Recently got a program to help me build a directory database for a werb client. I've been slowly customizing it to fit my design, but I can't get the search to behave the way I want it to. I need to search multiple fields in one form (ie - name AND city, or area code AND business type). Users should be able to search for as much or as few keywords as they want. My form code looks like this:
<form name="form1" method="POST" action="<?php $s = 'gtsearch/searchresults2.php'; echo "$path$s"; ?>">
<table width="254" border="2" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#ffffcc">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#ffffcc"><table width="244" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><div align="center" class="style1">FIND A GYM </div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="72"><span ><font color="#000000">Company</font></span></td>
<td colspan="2"><input type="text" name='title'/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span ><font color="#000000">City</font></span></td>
<td colspan="2"><input type="text" name="city"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font size="2">Area Code</font></td>
<td colspan="2"><input type="text" name='phone' size="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font size="2">Zip Code</font></td>
<td colspan="2"><input name="zip" type="text" size="10"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="style4">State </span></td>
<td colspan="2"><select name="state" size="1">
<option value="STATEPROV" selected>Select a State</option>
<option value="AL" >Alabama </option>
<option value="AK">Alaska </option>
<option value="AZ">Arizona </option>
<option value="AR">Arkansas </option>
<option value="CA">California </option>
<option value="CO">Colorado </option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#024282">
<td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> </td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFCC"><INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="Search" VALUE="Search" onclick="validate()">
</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table></form>
And the search results age code looks like this in the header:
[PHP]<?php
session_start();
include 'includes/config.php';
include 'includes/warmup.php';
include "styles/$stylesheet";
$title=$_POST['title'];
$cit=$_POST['city'];
$phone=$_POST['phone'];
$statepro=$_POST['state'];
$zip=$_POST['zip'];
?>[/PHP]
And THIS in the search results form:
[PHP]<h3>Your Search Results </h3>
<body link="<?php echo $color3; ?>" vlink="<?php echo $color3; ?>" alink="<?php echo $color3; ?>">
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" align="center" width="100%">
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="70%">
<?php
if (empty($POST)) {$message = "Your search contained no keywords"; include 'status.php';}else{
$keywords = explode(" ", $title, $cit, $phone, $statepro, $zip);
foreach ($keywords as $value) {
$sql = "Select * from LISTINGS WHERE ";
$sep = '';
if (!empty($title)) {
$sql .= $sep . "title like '%$title%' ";
$sep = ' AND ';
}
if (!empty($city)) {
$sql .= $sep . "city like '%$city%' ";
$sep = ' AND ';
}
if (!empty($phone)) {
$sql .= $sep . "phone like '%$phone%' ";
$sep = ' AND ';
}
if (!empty($state)) {
$sql .= $sep . "stateprov like '%$state%' ";
$sep = ' AND ';
}
if (!empty($zip)) {
$sql .= $sep . "zip like '%$zip%' ";
$sep = ' AND ';
}
$sql="ORDER BY TITLE ASC LIMIT 50";
$result = mysql_query( $SQL );
while( $row = mysql_fetch_array( $result ) ) {
$id = $row["ID"];
$title = $row["TITLE"];
$directory = $row["DIRECTORY"];
$phone = $row["PHONE"];
$website = $row["WEBSITE"];
$email = $row["EMAIL"];
$address = $row["ADDRESS"];
$statepro = $row["STATEPROV"];
$cit = $row["CITY"];
$zip = $row["ZIP"];
$map = $row["MAP"];
if ($hold == $id) {} else {
$hold = $id;
?>
<BR>
<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="0" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" width="100%">
<tr bgcolor="#F9F9F9">
<td width="33%"> <font color="#000000">» <a href="item.php?id=<?php echo $id; ?>&dir=<?php echo $directory; ?>">
<?php echo $title; ?>
</a> </font></td>
<td width="33%">
<?php echo $cit; ?>
,
<?php echo $statepro; ?>
,
<?php echo $map; ?>
</td>
<td width="33%"><a href="<?php echo $website; ?>">Website</a> | <a href="mailto:<?php echo $email ; ?>">Contact</a>
<?php $qrst = none; ?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php } ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php }
?>
<?php }
?>
<?php if (empty($qrst)) {?>
<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" border="0" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" width="100%">
<tr bgcolor="#F9F9F9">
<td width="33%"> <font color="#000000">» Sorry,
we couldn't find anything matching that criteria.</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php } ?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>[/PHP]
When I try to search, the results page always says no keywords were entered. If I use the single field search that was included with the program, everything works fine.
HELP!
