Hello,
I'm having touble searching mysql database It will search exact matches ie 'domain names' but if I type 'Domains and Hosting' it won't find anything. How do I get the search script to find anything that matches what the users has searched for.
I have included the script below.
Thanks
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<?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 "";
exit;
}
// check for a search parameter
if (!isset($var))
{
echo "
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
$query = "select * from comp4 where keywords like \"%$trimmed%\"
order by affiliate"; // 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 "
Sorry, your search: "" . $trimmed . "" returned zero results</p>";
// google
echo "
<a href=\"http://www.google.co.uk/search?q="
. $trimmed . "\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Look up
" . $trimmed . " on Google.co.uk\">Click here</a> to try the
search on google</p>";
}
// next determine if s has been passed to script, if not use 0
if (empty($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 "
You searched for: "" . $var . ""</p>";
// begin to show results set
echo "
Results";
$count = 1 + $s ;
// now you can display the results returned
echo "<table width=\"100%\">";
echo "<table border=\"0\">";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<
td width=\"\"></
td>";
echo "<
td width=\"\"></
td>";
echo "</tr>";
while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$logo = $row["logo"];
$description = $row["description"];
echo "<tr>";
echo "<
td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\">" . $logo . "</
td>";
echo "<
td width=\"\" class=\"font\">" . $description . "</
td>";
echo "</tr>";
$count++ ;
}
echo "</table>";
$currPage = (($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-$limit);
print " <a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$prevs&q=$var\"><<
Prev 10</a>  ";
}
// 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+$limit;
echo " <a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$news&q=$var\">Next 10 >></a>";
}
$a = $s + ($limit) ;
if ($a > $numrows) { $a = $numrows ; }
$b = $s + 1 ;
echo "
Showing results $b to $a of $numrows</p>";
?>
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