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My code throws the warning for the search code. Warning is SCREAM: Error suppression ignored for ( ! ) Warning: mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\wamp\www\test\search.php on line 15
The code is
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
mysql_connect("localhost","root","") or die (mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("list") or die (mysql_error());
if(empty($_POST) === false)
{
$data=$_POST['criteria'];
$get=mysql_query('SELECT SRNO, fname, lname, phone, email, address, comments from names where fname='.$data);
if (mysql_num_rows($get)==0)
{
echo 'There are no search results!!';
}
else
{
echo '<table border=0 cellspacing=25 cellpadding=1>';
echo'<tr><th>Sr. No</th><th>First Name</th><th>Last Name</th><th>Phone No</th><th>E-mail</th><th>Address</th><th>Comments!!</th><th>Modify</th><th>Delete!</th></tr>';
while($get_row=mysql_fetch_assoc($get))
{
echo '<tr><td>'.$get_row['SRNO'].'</td><td>'.$get_row['fname'].'</td><td>'.$get_row['lname'].'</td><td>'.$get_row['phone'].'</td><td>'.$get_row['email'].'</td><td>'.$get_row['address'].'</td><td>'.$get_row['comments'].'</td><td><a href="index.php?edit='.$get_row['SRNO'].'">Edit</a></td><td><a href="index.php?delete='.$get_row['SRNO'].'">Delete</a></td></tr>';
}
echo '</table>';
}
/*
if(mysql_num_rows($getf) == 0)
{
$getel=mysql_query('SELECT SRNO, fname, lname, phone, email, address, comments from names where lname='.$_GET['$data']));
}*/
}
echo '<form action="" method="post">';
echo '<input type="text" name=criteria>';
echo '<input type="submit" value="search" name="submit">';
echo '</form>';
?>
</body>
</html>
</div>
