I am trying to make the form search by ID, firstname, and lastname. I want the user to type in either one in the search field and get the results from the database.
Here is the actual form I am using:
<form action="form.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="term" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
And here is the form.php
<?php
$db_hostname = 'localhost';
$db_username = 'test';
$db_password = 'test';
$db_database = 'test';
// Database Connection String
$con = mysql_connect($db_hostname,$db_username,$db_password);
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db($db_database, $con);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>SpeedZone Data Search</title>
<style type="text/css">
table { border-collapse:collapse; }
table td, table th { border:1px solid black;padding:5px; }
tr:nth-child(even) {background: #ffffff}
tr:nth-child(odd) {background: #ff0000}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form action="form.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="term" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
<?php
if (!empty($_REQUEST['term'])) {
$term = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['term']);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM rcrentals WHERE firstname LIKE '%".$term."%' or lastname LIKE '%".$term."%' or id = ".$term;
$r_query = mysql_query($sql);
echo "<table border='1' cellpadding='5'>";
echo "<tr> <th>ID</th> <th>First Name</th> <th>Last Name</th> <th>Address</th> <th>City</th> <th>State</th> <th>Zip</th> <th>Phone</th> <th>DL</th> <th>Email</th> <th>Car and Controller</th> <th></th> <th></th></tr>";
// loop through results of database query, displaying them in the table
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($r_query)){
// echo out the contents of each row into a table
echo "<tr>";
echo '<td>' . $row['id'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['firstname'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['lastname'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['address'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['city'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['st'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['zip'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['phone'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['dl'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['email'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['carcont'] . '</td>';
echo '<td><a href="edit.php?id=' . $row['id'] . '">Edit</a></td>';
// echo '<td><a href="delete.php?id=' . $row['id'] . '">Delete</a></td>';
echo '<td><a href="delete.php?id=' . $row['id'] . '" onclick="return confirm(\'Confirm?\')">Delete</a></td>';
echo "</tr>";
}
// close table>
echo "</table>";
}
?>
</body>
</html>
Where I currently have this: It is only searching the ID. I want to be able to type in the ID, or the firstname, or the lastname, or first and last if possible.
if (!empty($_REQUEST['term'])) {
$term = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['term']);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM rcrentals WHERE firstname LIKE '%".$term."%' or lastname LIKE '%".$term."%' or id = ".$term;
I think there are a few things I will need to change but I am confused and have lost myself in it and cannot solve it. Please help.
