could someone can help on this code. upon click the search there is no output.
hope someone can help me.

//search-exec.php

<? 
{ 
echo "<h2>Results</h2><p>"; 

//If they did not enter a search term we give them an error 
if ($find == "") 
{ 
echo "<p>You forgot to enter a search term"; 
exit; 
} 

// Otherwise we connect to our Database 
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die(mysql_error()); 
mysql_select_db("test") or die(mysql_error()); 

// We preform a bit of filtering 
$find = strtoupper($find); 
$find = strip_tags($find); 
$find = trim ($find); 

//Now we search for our search term, in the field the user specified 
$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE '$field' LIKE '%$find%'"); 

//And we display the results 
while($result = mysql_fetch_array( $data )) 
{ 
echo $result['fname']; 
echo " "; 
echo $result['lname']; 
echo "<br>"; 
echo $result['info']; 
echo "<br>"; 
echo "<br>"; 
} 

//This counts the number or results - and if there wasn't any it gives them a little message explaining that 
$anymatches=mysql_num_rows($data); 
if ($anymatches == 0) 
{ 
echo "Sorry, but we can not find an entry to match your query<br><br>"; 
} 

//And we remind them what they searched for 
echo "<b>Searched For:</b> " .$find; 
}
?> 

//search-form.php

<h2>Search</h2> 
<form name="search" method="post" action="search-exec.php">
Search for: <input type="text" name="find" /> in 
<Select NAME="field">
<Option VALUE="fname">First Name</option>
<Option VALUE="lname">Last Name</option>
<Option VALUE="info">Profile</option>
</Select>
<input type="hidden" name="searching" value="yes" />
<input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" />
</form>

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Just add

$find=$_POST['find'];

at the start of search-exec.php

where should i add it?

at the start of search-exec.php

Follow that ^

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