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PHP/SQL search form with multiple search input fields

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The following form displays search results combining more than one search term.


HTML code used for the search form:

<table width=”57%” hspace=”100px”>

<form name=”search_form” method=”POST” action=”/ashe-2016/asheteam-2016.php”>

<tr><td>Name:</td> <td><input type=”text” name=”search_box_name” value=”” /></td></tr>

<tr><td>Institution:</td><td><select name=”search_school” value=”” />

<option></option>

<option>Adelphi University</option>

<option>Albany State University</option>

<option>Albany Technical College</option>

<option>Alcorn State University</option>

<option>Appalachian State University</option>

<option>Arizona State University</option>

<option>Arkansas Tech University</option>

<option>Augustana (Ill.)</option>

<option>Austin Peay State University</option>

<option>Bates College</option>

<option>Baylor University</option>

<option>Berkeley College</option>

<option>Brooklyn College</option>

<option>Brown University</option>

<option>Caldwell University</option>

<option>California State University San Bernardino</option>

<option>Central Connecticut State University</option>

<option>Clark Atlanta University</option>

<option>Xavier University of Louisiana</option>

</td></tr>

<tr><td>Sport:</td><td><select name=”search_sport” value=”” />

<option></option>

<option>Baseball</option>

<option>Basketball</option>

<option>Bowling</option>

<option>Cheerleading</option>

<option>Crew</option>

<option>Equestrian</option>

<option>Fencing</option>

<option>Field Hockey</option>

<option>Football</option>

<option>Golf</option>

<option>Gymnastics</option>

<option>Ice Hockey</option>

<option>Lacrosse</option>

<option>Rifle</option>

<option>Sailing</option>

<option>Soccer</option>

<option>Softball</option>

<option>Squash</option>

<option>Swimming</option>

<option>Tennis</option>

<option>Track</option>

<option>Volleyball</option>

<option>Water Polo</option>

<option>Wrestling</option>

</td></tr>

<tr><td>Class:</td><td><select name=”search_class” value=”” />

<option></option>

<option>JR</option>

<option>SO</option>

<option>SR</option>

</select>

</td></tr>

<tr><td>Fall GPA:</td><td><input type=”text” name=”searchfallgpa” value=”” size=”4″ maxlength=”4″ /></td></tr>

<tr><td>Cum GPA:</td><td><input type=”text” name=”search_gpa” value=”” size=”4″ maxlength=”4″ /></td></tr>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>

<input type=”submit” name=”search” value=”Search”></td></tr>

</form>

</table>
<a name=”anchor”></a>
<br/>

PHP code used to perform the search:

<?php

$page = 1;

if (is_numeric($_GET[‘page’]))

{

$page = intval($_GET[‘page’]); }

function fetch_results($page,$db)

{

This section connects to SQL database to search for content within the table:

$db = mysql_connect (‘localhost’, ‘user’, ‘password’) or die (‘I cannot connect to the database because: ‘ . mysql_error());

mysql_select_db (“database_name”) or die(‘I cannot select the database because: ‘ . mysql_error());

$sql = “SELECT * FROM table_name”;

if (isset($_POST[‘search’])) {

$search_term_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[‘search_box_name’]);

$search_term_school = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[‘search_school’]);

$search_term_sport = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[‘search_sport’]);

$search_term_class = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[‘search_class’]);

$search_term_gpa = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[‘search_gpa’]);

$search_term_fallgpa = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[‘searchfallgpa’]);

$search_term_major = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST[‘search_major’]);

}

if($_GET[‘name’] != “”)

$search_term_name = $_GET[‘name’];

if($_GET[‘school’] != “”)

$search_term_school = $_GET[‘school’];

if($_GET[‘sport’] != “”)

$search_term_sport = $_GET[‘sport’];

if ($_GET[‘class’] != “”)

$search_term_class = $_GET[‘class’];

if ($_GET[‘cumgpa’] != “”)

$search_term_gpa = $_GET[‘cumgpa’];

if ($_GET[‘fallgpa’] != “”)

$search_term_fallgpa = $_GET[‘fallgpa’];

$sql .= ” WHERE”;

$terms = 0;

if($search_term_name != “”)

{

$terms++;

$sql .=” name LIKE ‘%{$search_term_name}%'”;

I used % around search term so it displays results even when there’s a partial word match.

}

if ($search_term_school != “”)

{

if($terms > 0 )

{

$sql .= ” AND”;

}

$terms++;

$sql .=” school LIKE ‘%{$search_term_school}%'”;

}

if ($search_term_sport != “”)

{

if($terms > 0)

{

$sql .= ” AND”;

}

$terms++;

$sql .=” sport LIKE ‘%{$search_term_sport}%'”;

}

if ($search_term_class != “”)

{

if ($terms > 0)

{

$sql .= ” AND”;

}

$terms++;

$sql .=” class LIKE ‘%{$search_term_class}%'”;
}

if ($search_term_fallgpa != “”)

{

if ($terms > 0)

{

$sql .= ” AND”;

}

$terms++;

$sql .=” fallgpa LIKE ‘%{$search_term_fallgpa}%'”;
}

if ($search_term_gpa != “”)

{

if ($terms > 0)

{

$sql .= ” AND”;

}

$terms++;

$sql .=” cumgpa LIKE ‘%{$search_term_gpa}%'”;

}

if($terms == 0)
{

$displayResults = 0;

echo “<i style=’margin-left: 10px’;>All Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars are searchable by name, school, sport, classification and gpa</i>”;
}

else {
$total_records = mysql_num_rows(mysql_query($sql));

This line calculates how many pages are going to be displayed depending on
the number of total search results, I set a maximum of 15 results per page:

$pages = ceil($total_records / 15);

This section handles the pagination of the search results:

echo “<p style=’font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-style:italic;
font-size:12px; margin: 10px; color:red;’;>Page “; echo $page; echo ” of “; echo $pages; “</p>”;

}

if (!(is_numeric($page)) || $page < 1)

{

$page = 1;

} //if page = 0 or null or page 1

$sql .= ” LIMIT “.(($page – 1) * 15).”,15″;

$displayResults = 1;

if($terms == 0)

{

$displayResults = 0;

}

else

{

$query = mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());

}

?>

The following code displays the search results on the screen:

<div class=”search-results”>

<table width=”650px” cellpadding=”5″ cellpadding=”5″ style=”font-size:12px; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;

font-size:10px; bgcolor=”#E5E5E5;”>

<tr>

<td width=”22%” bgcolor=”#BFEFA3″><b>Name</b></td>

<td width=”30%” bgcolor=”#BFEFA3″><b>School</b></td>

<td width=”15%” bgcolor=”#BFEFA3″><b>Sport</b></td>

<td width=”10%” bgcolor=”#BFEFA3″><b>Class</b></td>

<td width=”10%” bgcolor=”#BFEFA3″><b>Fall GPA</b></td>

<td width=”10%” bgcolor=”#BFEFA3″><b>Cum GPA</b></td>

</tr>

<?php

$search_array = array();

if($displayResults == 0)

{

return $search_array;

}

while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query))

{ array_push($search_array, $row) ?>

<tr>

<td bgcolor=”#E5E5E5″><?php echo $row [‘name’]; ?></td>

<td bgcolor=”#F9F9F9″><?php echo $row [‘school’]; ?></td>

<td bgcolor=”#F9F9F9″><?php echo $row [‘sport’]; ?></td>

<td bgcolor=”#F9F9F9″><?php echo $row [‘class’]; ?></td>

<td bgcolor=”#F9F9F9″><?php echo $row [‘fallgpa’]; ?></td>

<td bgcolor=”#F9F9F9″><?php echo $row [‘cumgpa’]; ?></td>

</tr>

<?php } return $search_array;

} ; ?>

</table></div>

<?php

if (isset($_POST[‘search’])) {

$search_term_name = $_POST[‘search_box_name’];

$search_term_school = $_POST[‘search_school’];

$search_term_sport = $_POST[‘search_sport’];

$search_term_class = $_POST[‘search_class’];

$search_term_fallgpa = $_POST[‘searchfallgpa’];

$search_term_gpa = $_POST[‘search_gpa’];

$search_term_major = $_POST[‘search_major’];

}

if($_GET[‘name’] != “”)

$search_term_name = $_GET[‘name’];

if($_GET[‘school’] != “”)

$search_term_school = $_GET[‘school’];

if ($_GET[‘sport’] != “”)

$search_term_sport = $_GET[‘sport’];

if ($_GET[‘class’] != “”)

$search_term_class = $_GET[‘class’];

if ($_GET[‘cumgpa’] != “”)

$search_term_gpa = $_GET[‘cumgpa’];

if ($_GET[‘fallgpa’] != “”)

$search_term_fallgpa = $_GET[‘fallgpa’];

$page = 1; if (is_numeric($_GET[‘page’]))

{ $page = intval($_GET[‘page’]); }

$search_array = fetch_results($page,$db);

$array_count = count($search_array);

if ($page <= 1) { ?><br/><img src=”specrep/back.png” /></a> <? }

else {

?>

This section shows search results in URL link for the “back” and “next” buttons functionality.

<a href=”/ashe-2016/asheteam-2016.php?page=<? echo ($page – 1); ?>&name=<? echo $search_term_name; ?>&school=<? echo $search_term_school; ?>&sport=<? echo $search_term_sport; ?>&class=<? echo $search_term_class; ?>&cumgpa=<? echo $search_term_gpa; ?>&fallgpa=<? echo $search_term_fallgpa; ?><? echo ‘#anchor’ ?>”><br/><img src=”specrep/back.png” /></a><? }

if ($array_count < 15) { ?><img src=”specrep/next.png” /></a><? }

else { ?><a href=”/ashe-2016/asheteam-2016.php?page=<? echo ($page + 1); ?>&name=<? echo $search_term_name; ?>&school=<? echo $search_term_school; ?>&sport=<? echo $search_term_sport; ?>&class=<? echo $search_term_class; ?>&cumgpa=<? echo $search_term_gpa; ?>&fallgpa=<? echo $search_term_fallgpa; ?><? echo ‘#anchor’ ?>”><? echo $displayResults; ?><img src=”specrep/next.png” /></a><? } ?><br />

<?

;

?>

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