How do I combine two unrelated tables into one SQL select statement request. However, both tables need to have the Match and Against functions for full text search. I'm getting a blank response and when I do a single table SQL match and against request it works fine but not when I do two tables.
Table One: transport - only id is a primary key integer auto_increment but the rest are varchar
+----+---------+-----------+--------------+
| id | title | type | tags |
+----+---------+-----------+--------------+
| 1 | triumph | motorbike | sport, black |
+----+---------+-----------+--------------+
| 2 | bmw | car | hatchback |
+----+---------+-----------+--------------+
Table Two: automobile - - only id is a primary key integer auto_increment but the rest are varchar
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
| id | name | kind | link | listed |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
| 1 | suzuki | motorbike | /bike/new/ | green |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
| 2 | volkwagan | car | /car/new/ | limited |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
I need it to print out something like this (just a note, not sure how I would need id - perhaps two columns id_automobile and id_transport to references both above tables)
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+--------------+
| id | title | type | link | tags |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+--------------+
| 1 | suzuki | motorbike | /bike/new/ | green |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+--------------+
| 2 | triumph | motorbike | | sport, black |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+--------------+
| 3 | bmw | car | | hatchback |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+--------------+
| 4 | volkwagan | car | /car/new/ | limited |
+----+-----------+-----------+------------+--------------+
My failed attempt:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Title</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Link</th>
<th>Tags</th>
</tr>
if(isset($_GET['search'])) {
$search = $_GET['search'];
} else {
$search = '';
}
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `transport` WHERE MATCH(title, tags) AGAINST('".$search."') CROSS JOIN `automobile` WHERE MATCH(name, listed) AGAINST('".$search."')";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>".$row["title"]."</td><td>".$row["type"]."</td><td>".$row["link"]."</td><td>".$row["tags"]."</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
$conn->close();
</table>
I would appreciate any help please