hello i have a running code the only question is the get function wont get the field i type here's my whole code
index.php
<?php
include_once('includes/dbConnect.php');
?>
<?php
$searchText = htmlspecialchars ($_GET['q']);
$action = (isset($_REQUEST['action'])&& $_REQUEST['action'] !=NULL)?$_REQUEST['action']:'';
if($action == 'ajax'){
include 'pagination.php'; //include pagination file
//pagination variables
$page = (isset($_REQUEST['page']) && !empty($_REQUEST['page']))?$_REQUEST['page']:1;
$per_page = 5; //how much records you want to show
$adjacents = 5; //gap between pages after number of adjacents
$offset = ($page - 1) * $per_page;
//Count the total number of row in your table*/
$count_query = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(personid) AS numrows FROM persons");
$row = mysql_fetch_array($count_query);
$numrows = $row['numrows'];
$total_pages = ceil($numrows/$per_page);
$reload = 'index.php';
//search
// basic SQL-injection protection
//main query to fetch the data
// query with simple search criteria
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM persons WHERE FirstName LIKE '%"
. $searchText . "%' ORDER by RAND() LIMIT $offset,$per_page");
//loop through fetched data
while($result = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
$id = $result['PersonID'];
echo "<div class= content > ";
echo"<img height=100 width=100 src='upload/". $result['Image'] ."'/>";
echo "<font color='black'>". $result['FirstName']. "</font></br>";
echo "</div>";
}
echo paginate($reload, $page, $total_pages, $adjacents);
} else{
?>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Simple Ajax Pagination With PHP And MySql</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.5.2.min.js"></script>
<link media="screen" href="style.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
load(1);
});
function load(page){
$("#loader").fadeIn('slow');
$.ajax({
url:'index.php?action=ajax&page='+page,
success:function(data){
$(".outer_div").html(data).fadeIn('slow');
$("#loader").fadeOut('slow');
}
})
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="loader"><img src="loader.gif"></div>
<div class="content"><form action='' method='POST'> <input type='text' name='q' /> <input type='submit' name='submit' value='Search' /> </p> </form></div>
<div class="outer_div"></div>
</body>
</html>
<?php
}?>
the error it shows is Notice: Undefined index: q in C:\xampp\htdocs\paging\index.php on line 7
but i have the form in the same page here's my pagination
when i change $searchText = htmlspecialchars ($_GET['q']);
to ` $searchText = 'ermel';
it works the only problem if it's not like that it don't heres a print screen](https://static.daniweb.com/attachments/4/9ba8006409794664521ac9ce8c2d298a.png "align-left")
thanks for the comments and suggestions!
