I have a basic search result page going right now, but i want the code to generate a html link on the search name so I can see all the data associated with the customer name. I have a simple DB set up with Customer Name, Computer type, Model, etc. The search does show the name and if there is multiple in there for the customer but I am stuck on how to make the name clickable and show all the results of the DB for that user.

Here is the search code:

<?php

  // Get the search variable from URL

  $var = @$_GET['q'] ;
  $trimmed = trim($var); //trim whitespace from the stored variable

// rows to return
$limit=10; 

// check for an empty string and display a message.
if ($trimmed == "")
  {
  echo "<p>Please enter a search...</p>";
  exit;
  }

// check for a search parameter
if (!isset($var))
  {
  echo "<p>We dont seem to have a search parameter!</p>";
  exit;
  }

//connect to your database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
mysql_connect("","",""); //(host, username, password)

//specify database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
mysql_select_db("") or die("Unable to select database"); //select which database we're using

// Build SQL Query  
$query = "select * from Client_Computer_Info where Customer_Name like \"%$trimmed%\"  
  order by ID"; // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query

 $numresults=mysql_query($query);
 $numrows=mysql_num_rows($numresults);

// If we have no results, offer a google search as an alternative

if ($numrows == 0)
  {
  echo "<h4>Results</h4>";
  echo "<p>Sorry, your search: &quot;" . $trimmed . "&quot; returned zero results</p>";

// google
 echo "<p><a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?q=" 
  . $trimmed . "\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Look up 
  " . $trimmed . " on Google\">Click here</a> to try the 
  search on google</p>";
  }

// next determine if s has been passed to script, if not use 0
  if (empty($s)) {
  $s=0;
  }

// get results
  $query .= " limit $s,$limit";
  $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Couldn't execute query");

// display what the person searched for
echo "<p>You searched for: &quot;" . $var . "&quot;</p>";

// begin to show results set
echo "Results";
$count = 1 + $s ;

// now you can display the results returned
  while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $title = $row["Customer_Name"];

  echo "$count.)&nbsp;$title" ;
  $count++ ;
  }

$currPage = (($s/$limit) + 1);

//break before paging
  echo "<br />";

  // next we need to do the links to other results
  if ($s>=1) { // bypass PREV link if s is 0
  $prevs=($s-$limit);
  print "&nbsp;<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$prevs&q=$var\">&lt;&lt; 
  Prev 10</a>&nbsp&nbsp;";
  }

// calculate number of pages needing links
  $pages=intval($numrows/$limit);

// $pages now contains int of pages needed unless there is a remainder from division

  if ($numrows%$limit) {
  // has remainder so add one page
  $pages++;
  }

// check to see if last page
  if (!((($s+$limit)/$limit)==$pages) && $pages!=1) {

  // not last page so give NEXT link
  $news=$s+$limit;

  echo "&nbsp;<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$news&q=$var\">Next 10 &gt;&gt;</a>";
  }

$a = $s + ($limit) ;
  if ($a > $numrows) { $a = $numrows ; }
  $b = $s + 1 ;
  echo "<p>Showing results $b to $a of $numrows</p>";
  
?>
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Sorry the explanation is a little difficult to follow.
A user makes a search and you log the search keywords - is that right? Along with the user_id?

You want to get a list of users that have searched for a search term?

You want to get a list of search terms for the user?

Sorry, it is a lil confusing.

I want to run the query, and when it shows the results, i want it to have a clickable link on the name(Customer_Name) when it generates. When i click on the name i want it to show all results of the DB for that Customer, I have 8 Fields defined and i want to be able to see the results.

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OK I see a lookup search for users?

Search forms usually use the $_GET method, so the form:

<form id="fsearch" name="fsearch">
  <label for="search">Search user:</label>
  <input type = "text" name="search" id="search" placeholder="Enter the user..." />
  <input type = "submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Search Users" />
</form>

Then to grab the search name:

//assume you include mysql connection details here
if(isset($_GET['search'])){
  $search = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['search']);
  $r = mysql_query("SELECT cust_id, customer_name FROM customers WHERE customer_name LIKE '%{$search}%'");
  if(mysql_num_rows($r)>0){
     $output = "\n<ul>";
     while($d = mysql_fetch_array($r)){
        $output .= "\n\t<li><a href=\"profile.php?id={$d['cust_id']}\">{$d['customer_name']}</a></li>"
     }
     $output .= "\n</ul>";
  }else{
     $output = "<p>Sorry no results for that name.</p>";
  }
}

You then echo the $output in the relevant part of the page.
Then your profile page picks up the id from the url ($_GET).
This is used to extract info from the DB and then display this data in the profile page.

Like that?

Yeppers, but where do I include that code at? I have it set for the form to be this:

<div align="center">
<form name="form" action="search.php" method="get">
Please enter &quot;CLIENT NAME&quot; into search box<br>
<input type="text" name="q">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search">
</form>
</div>

Then i do have a DB connection string attached to the PHP code i supplied. just omitted it...But where do i insert that at for the code to work properly with the existing code i have.

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Depends - is the search form visible on all pages? Which pages do you have?

Upon logging into the DB, You come to a screen that has 2 buttons, One to add information and the other to search. I have the search on its own page and that's it. Its an internal DB for my company and I got this far but that's it. lol. I am not a php programmer or anything. I just want it to show the details for the information i have in there. The search box is only one page then it renders the other page with the results.

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OK - you seem to have a dedicated page for searching. There are a couple of ways to do this, but perhaps the easiest would be to combine the search and display details on the same page.

I used LIKE '%{$customer_name}%' , which could well give multiple results. If you change that to = '$customer_name' , you should just get the entry for which you specifically searched.

Anyway.

Your profile/search page (let's call it search.php):

//assume you include mysql connection details here
$output = "";
if(isset($_GET['search'])){
  $search = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['search']);
  $r = mysql_query("SELECT cust_id, customer_name FROM customers WHERE customer_name LIKE '%{$search}%'");
  if(mysql_num_rows($r)>0){
     $output .= "\n<ul>";
     while($d = mysql_fetch_array($r)){
        $output .= "\n\t<li><a href=\"search.php?id={$d['cust_id']}\">{$d['customer_name']}</a></li>"
     }
     $output .= "\n</ul>";
  }else{
     $output = "<p>Sorry no results for that name.</p>";
  }
}elseif(isset($_GET['id'])){
   $id = intval($_GET['id']);
   $r = mysql_query("SELECT cust_id, customer_name ...(all fields you want)... FROM customers WHERE customer_id = $id LIMIT 1");
   if(mysql_num_rows($r) == 1){
      $d = mysql_fetch_array($r);
      $output .= "\n<p>ID: {$d['customer_id']}</p>
                  \n<p>Name: {$d['customer_name']}</p>
                  \n<p>Address: {$d['addr1']}, {$d['addr2']}, {$d['postcode']}</p>
                  \n<p>Tel: {$d['tel']}</p>
                  \n<p>Email: {$d['email']}</p>";
  }else{
     $output = "<p>Sorry the ID supplied for the customer does not exist.</p>";
  }
}

That goes above the Doctype declaration and html/head area

The form goes into the body.

The below the form:

<?php echo $output;?>

OK so i amended the PHP code for what you had, i inserted the Connection string that i have and it doesn't work. to connect to the db. Like i said i am kinda a noob at this. Can you affix the connection string to the code as well? so i know where it goes...

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That goes above the first bit of php code. As for being a noob - it's not a crime, but you can get this info from a million different websites and the php.net site.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /homepages/36/d301143136/htdocs/MyDB/search.php on line 3
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That's all well and good, but what's on line 3?

My SQL connect string

Here is the code like you said to put it in with my connect string. But i am getting the error described above. Any ideas?

<? PHP
    session_start(); 
    //connect to your database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
	mysql_connect("localhost","omit","omit"); //(host, username, password)

	//specify database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
	mysql_select_db("omit") or die("Unable to select database"); //select which database we're using

    $output = "";
    if(isset($_GET['search'])){
    $search = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['search']);
    $r = mysql_query("SELECT ID, Customer_Name FROM customers WHERE Customer_Name LIKE '%{$search}%'");
    if(mysql_num_rows($r)>0){
    $output .= "\n<ul>";
    while($d = mysql_fetch_array($r)){
    $output .= "\n\t<li><a href=\"search.php?id={$d['cust_id']}\">{$d['Customer_Name']}</a></li>"
    }
    $output .= "\n</ul>";
    }else{
    $output = "<p>Sorry no results for that name.</p>";
    }
    }elseif(isset($_GET['Customer_Name'])){
    $id = intval($_GET['ID']);
    $r = mysql_query("SELECT Customer_Name, Computer_Type, Computer_Make, Computer_Model, Serial_Number, Product_Number, OS, `Key` FROM customers WHERE customer_id = $id LIMIT 1");
    if(mysql_num_rows($r) == 1){
    $d = mysql_fetch_array($r);
    $output .= "\n<p>Name: {$d['Customer_Name']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Type {$d['Computer_Type']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Make {$d['Computer_Make']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Model {$d['Computer_Model']}</p>
    \n<p>Serial Number {$d['Serial_Number']}</p>
    \n<p>Product Number {$d['Product_Number']}</p>
    \n<p>OS {$d['OS']}</p>
    \n<p>Key {$d['Key']}</p>";
    }else{
    $output = "<p>Sorry the ID supplied for the customer does not exist.</p>";
    }
    }
    ?>
    
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<title>Search</title>
</head>

<body>
    <form id="fsearch" name="fsearch">
    <label for="search">Search user:</label>
    <input type = "text" name="search" id="search" placeholder="Enter the user..." />
    <input type = "submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Search Users" />
    </form>
    
    <?php echo $output;?>
</body>

</html>

1) remove space between <? PHP, it should read <?PHP
2) add semicolon to line number 17 in above code in the end

OK Guys, one last error and it should work like a charm. I am now getting error: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /homepages/36/d301143136/htdocs/MyDB/search.php on line 12

I used the code above, Ill repost it with changes:

<?PHP
    session_start(); 
    //connect to your database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
	mysql_connect("localhost","omit","omit"); //(host, username, password)

	//specify database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
	mysql_select_db("omit") or die("Unable to select database"); //select which database we're using

    $output = "";
    if(isset($_GET['search'])){
    $search = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['search']);
    $r = mysql_query("SELECT ID, Customer_Name FROM customers WHERE Customer_Name LIKE '%{$search}%'");
    if(mysql_num_rows($r)>0){
    $output .= "\n<ul>";
    while($d = mysql_fetch_array($r)){
    $output .= "\n\t<li><a href=\"search.php?id={$d['cust_id']}\">;{$d['Customer_Name']}</a></li>"
    }
    $output .= "\n</ul>";
    }else{
    $output = "<p>Sorry no results for that name.</p>";
    }
    }elseif(isset($_GET['Customer_Name'])){
    $id = intval($_GET['ID']);
    $r = mysql_query("SELECT Customer_Name, Computer_Type, Computer_Make, Computer_Model, Serial_Number, Product_Number, OS, `Key` FROM customers WHERE customer_id = $id LIMIT 1");
    if(mysql_num_rows($r) == 1){
    $d = mysql_fetch_array($r);
    $output .= "\n<p>Name: {$d['Customer_Name']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Type {$d['Computer_Type']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Make {$d['Computer_Make']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Model {$d['Computer_Model']}</p>
    \n<p>Serial Number {$d['Serial_Number']}</p>
    \n<p>Product Number {$d['Product_Number']}</p>
    \n<p>OS {$d['OS']}</p>
    \n<p>Key {$d['Key']}</p>";
    }else{
    $output = "<p>Sorry the ID supplied for the customer does not exist.</p>";
    }
    }
    ?>
    
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<title>Search</title>
</head>

<body>
    <form id="fsearch" name="fsearch">
    <label for="search">Search user:</label>
    <input type = "text" name="search" id="search" placeholder="Enter the user..." />
    <input type = "submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Search Users" />
    </form>
    
    <?php echo $output;?>
</body>

</html>

Any ideas?

OK so i solved the issue i was getting. But this new thing is presenting its self. When I click on the name i want...it doesnt render any information on the page, its just blank. I am going to upload my code as it is in my DB and see if there is an issue that i am overlooking....Hope it is small....

<?PHP
    
	mysql_connect("omit","omit","omit"); 
	
	mysql_select_db("omit") or die("Unable to select database"); 

    $output = "";
    if(isset($_GET['search'])){
    $search = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['search']);
    $r = mysql_query("SELECT ID, Customer_Name FROM Client_Computer_Info WHERE Customer_Name LIKE '%{$search}%'");
    if(mysql_num_rows($r)>0){
    $output .= "\n<ul>";
    while($d = mysql_fetch_array($r)){
    $output .= "\n\t<li><a href=\"search.php?id={$d['ID']}\">{$d['Customer_Name']}</a></li>";
    }
    $output .= "\n</ul>";
    }else{
    $output = "<p>Sorry no results for that name.</p>";
    }
    }elseif(isset($_GET['Customer_Name'])){
    $id = intval($_GET['ID']);
    $r = mysql_query("SELECT Customer_Name, Computer_Type, Computer_Make, Computer_Model, Serial_Number, Product_Number, OS, `Key` FROM Client_Computer_Info WHERE Customer_Name = $id LIMIT 1");
    if(mysql_num_rows($r) == 1){
    $d = mysql_fetch_array($r);
    $output .= "\n<p>Name: {$d['Customer_Name']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Type {$d['Computer_Type']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Make {$d['Computer_Make']}</p>
    \n<p>Computer Model {$d['Computer_Model']}</p>
    \n<p>Serial Number {$d['Serial_Number']}</p>
    \n<p>Product Number {$d['Product_Number']}</p>
    \n<p>OS {$d['OS']}</p>
    \n<p>Key {$d['`Key`']}</p>";
    }else{
    $output = "<p>Sorry the ID supplied for the customer does not exist.</p>";
    }
    }
    ?>
    
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<title>Search</title>
</head>

<body>
    <form id="fsearch" name="fsearch">
    <label for="search">Search user:</label>
    <input type = "text" name="search" id="search" placeholder="Enter the user..." />
    <input type = "submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Search Users" />
    </form>
    
    <?php echo $output;?>
</body>

</html>

Most likely your code crashes somewhere. Either echo some messages to see where you get, or enable error reporting while testing.

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