I created an instant search similar to google search using JQuery. The highlighted code doesn't work. It is weird since they work fine by its own and everything else works fine. Any idea why this is happening? Q1.
searchq() works fine, but the createq() function doesn't work, and the variable txt could be posted to other files(search.php). However, the function createq() can't POST. It does get the global variable txt after testing, but the php file(create_object.php) can't get it no matter what POST method I used. Could anyone helps to write a bit POST code which can work in my code.
Q2 I want to create a function that,when the enter is pressed, the user will be redirected to the first search result(which is anchored with an url) . To achieve this, I create a function that variable redirectUrl got the anchored url as string, however, the redirect function window.location.href doesn't work, the page simply refreshed. I tested window.location.href function by its own in another file, it works though. It is so weird that my page simply refreshed, It even refreshed when I direct to google. window.location.href("www.google.com").
Note that I didn't include the connect to database function here. Coz I think the database username and password setting would be different to yours.So please create your own if you want to test it. The mysql is set with a table is called "objects", and it has one column named "name".
Thanks in advance!
<html>
<!-- google API reference -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- my own script for search function -->
<center>
<form method="POST">
<input type="text" name="search" style="width:400px " placeholder="Search box" onkeyup="searchq();">
<div id="output">
</div>
</form>
</center>
<!-- instant search function -->
<script type="text/javascript">
function searchq(){
// get the value
var txt = $("input").val();
// post the value
if(txt){
$.post("search.php", {searchVal: txt}, function(result){
$("#search_output").html(result+"<div id=\"create\" onclick=\"creatq()\"><br>Not found above? Create.</div>");
});
}
else{
$("#search_output").html("");
}
};
function createq(){
// allert for test purpose: test if the txt has got by the createq function
alert(txt);
**$.post( "create_object.php",{creatVal:txt} );**
}
// if enter key pressed, redirect page to the first search result
$("#search").keypress(function(evt){
if (evt.which == 13) {
// find the first search result in DOM and trigger a click event
var redirectUrl = $('#search_output').find('a').first().attr('href');
alert(redirectUrl);
**window.location.href = "www.google.com";
window.location.href = "www.google.com";**
}
})
</script>
</html>
PHP file (search.php)
<?php
if(isset($_POST["searchVal"])){
//get the search
$search=$_POST["searchVal"];
//sort the search
$search=preg_replace("#[^0-9a-z]#i","",$search);
//query the search
echo "<br/>SELECT * from objects WHERE name LIKE '%$search%'<br/>";
$query=mysqli_query($conn,"SELECT * from objects WHERE name LIKE '%$search%'") or die("could not search!");
$count=mysqli_num_rows($query);
//sort the result
if($count==0){
$output="there was no search result";
}
else{
while($row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($query)){
$object_name=$row["name"];
$output.="<div><a href='##'>".$object_name."</a></div>";
}
}
echo $output;
}
?>
php file (create_object.php)
<?php
if(isset($_POST["createVal"])){
$name=$_POST["createVal"];
var_dump($name);
}
?>
