Have you tried to catch (echo) the query you try to execute in mysql and then debug it from there? I saw that you in your code did all in one row. Separate it to: $Query = "your query"; echo $Query; //Use this in phpMyAdmin or any other MySQL administrator and see if the query is correct. If you get matches there your code should be fine. $Result = mysql_query($Query); ... ... Best regards, Peter Lauri www.dwsasia.com - company web site www.lauri.se - personal web site www.carbonfree.org.uk - become Carbon Free -----Original Message----- From: Wikus Moller [mailto:wikus.m@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:20 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Search script problem So it should be like this (it still doesn't show the results): <?php echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"; echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd\">"; echo "<html xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">"; error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); $pwd = $_GET["pwd"]; $uid = $_GET["uid"]; $action = $_GET["action"]; $cid = $_GET["cid"]; $sid = $_GET["sid"]; $var = $_GET["q"]; include ("function.php"); include ("config.php"); connect($dbserver,$dbname,$dbuser,$dbpass); /////////////////////////////////////////////Search main page if(!isset($var)){ echo "<head>"; echo "<title>Search Engine</title>"; echo "<style type=\"text/css\"> .m3 {background-color: #291C6F;} .n1 {background-color: #A0A0A0;} .n2 {background-color: #888888;} .c2 {color: #000000;} .m2 {color: #91D0FF;} body {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #000033; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;} .ct1 {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #800080;} .cre {background-color: #1300A4; padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px; margin: 3px 0 0; font-size: 12px; color:#000000; text-align: center; border-width:1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000;} </style>"; echo "</head>"; echo "<body>"; echo "<table>"; echo "<div class=\"cre\">"; echo "<b>Search Engine</b></div>"; echo "<form method=\"GET\" action=\"search.php?uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">"; ///the uid and pwd is nessecary cause my member features are very basic and the urls is used to keep the user 'logged in' echo "Keywords: <input type=\"text\" name=\"q\" /><br/>"; echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\"/>"; echo "</form>"; echo "</table>"; echo "<div class=\"cre\"><img src=\"images/home.gif\" alt=\"*\"/><a href=\"index.php?uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">Home</a></div>"; echo "</body>"; echo "</html>"; } ///////////////////////////////////////////////////Display Results if(isset($var)){ $var = $_GET["q"]; $trimmed = trim($var); //trim whitespace from the stored variable echo "<head>"; echo "<title>Search Results</title>"; echo "<style type=\"text/css\"> .m3 {background-color: #291C6F;} .n1 {background-color: #A0A0A0;} .n2 {background-color: #888888;} .c2 {color: #000000;} .m2 {color: #91D0FF;} body {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #000033; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;} .ct1 {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #800080;} .cre {background-color: #1300A4; padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px; margin: 3px 0 0; font-size: 12px; color:#000000; text-align: center; border-width:1px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000;} </style>"; echo "</head>"; echo "<body>"; echo "<div class=\"cre\">"; echo "<b>Search Results</b></div>"; echo "<table>"; // Get the search variable from URL // check for an empty string and display a message. if ($trimmed == "") { echo "Please enter a search..."; exit; } if($pg==0)$pg=1; $pg--; $lmt = $pg*20; $pg++; $cou =$lmt+1; $scount = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table WHERE keywords like \"%$trimmed%\" AND banned='0' AND hits_in >= '2'")); $pgs = ceil($scount[0]/20); // Build SQL Query $sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE keywords like \"%$trimmed%\" AND banned='0' and hits_in >='2' ORDER by hits_in DESC LIMIT ".$lmt.", 20;"; // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query $sites=mysql_query($sql); while ($site = mysql_fetch_array($sites)) { $dscr =htmlspecialchars($site[11]); $snm=htmlspecialchars($site[1]); echo "<tr><td align=\"left\"><a href=\"index.php?action=vsite&sid=$site[0]&uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">$ snm</a></td></tr>"; echo "<tr><td align=\"left\">$dscr</td></tr>"; $cou++; } $npage = $pg+1; $ppage = $pg-1; if($pg<$pgs) //this is just for clicking on the site's name when the results are displayed { $nlink = "<a href=\"index.php?action=vsites&pg=$npage&uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd&c id=$cid\" accesskey=\"1\"><img src=\"images/next.gif\" alt=\"1\"/>Next</a>"; } if($pg >1) { $plink = "<a href=\"index.php?action=vsites&pg=$ppage&uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd&c id=$cid\" accesskey=\"2\"><img src=\"images/prev.gif\" alt=\"2\"/>Prev</a>"; } echo "<tr class=\"m2\"><td align=\"right\">$nlink</td></tr>"; echo "<tr class=\"m2\"><td align=\"left\">$plink</td></tr>"; echo "</table>"; echo "<div class=\"cre\"><img src=\"images/home.gif\" alt=\"*\"/><a href=\"index.php?uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">Home</a></div>"; echo "</body>"; echo "</html>"; } ?> On 1/7/07, Wikus Moller <wikus.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > And the hits_in of the mysql query are the same, I just made a typing > mistake. > > On 1/7/07, Wikus Moller <wikus.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am having problems with a script I wrote which searches keywords > > from a field in a mysql db table. > > > > It is a very simple, one-page script. My site is a toplist, very > > basic, still in it's infancy. When I go to the page, key in the > > keywords and press submit, the head, body etc. part of the result > > script is shown, but no results. > > , although there are rows in my database containing the `keyword` field > > data. > > > > Below is the script, please see if you find any errors, it could be > > that I just made a stupid mistake. > > > > <?php > > > > echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"; > > echo "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN\" > > \"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd\">"; > > echo "<html xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">"; > > > > error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); > > > > $pwd = $_GET["pwd"]; > > $uid = $_GET["uid"]; > > $action = $_GET["action"]; > > $cid = $_GET["cid"]; > > $sid = $_GET["sid"]; > > $var = $_GET["q"]; > > > > include ("function.php"); > > include ("config.php"); > > connect($dbserver,$dbname,$dbuser,$dbpass); > > > > > > > > /////////////////////////////////////////////Search main page > > if(!isset($var)){ > > echo "<head>"; > > echo "<title>Search Engine</title>"; > > echo "<style type=\"text/css\"> > > .m3 {background-color: #291C6F;} > > .n1 {background-color: #A0A0A0;} > > .n2 {background-color: #888888;} > > .c2 {color: #000000;} > > .m2 {color: #91D0FF;} > > body {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; > > font-size: 12px; > > color: #ffffff; > > background-color: #000033; > > margin-left: 0px; > > margin-right: 0px; > > margin-top: 0px;} > > .ct1 {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; > > font-size: 12px; > > color: #800080;} > > .cre {background-color: #1300A4; > > padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px; > > margin: 3px 0 0; > > font-size: 12px; > > color:#000000; > > text-align: center; > > border-width:1px 0; > > border-style:solid; > > border-color:#000000;} > > </style>"; > > echo "</head>"; > > echo "<body>"; > > echo "<table>"; > > echo "<div class=\"cre\">"; > > echo "<b>Search Engine</b></div>"; > > echo "<form method=\"GET\" > > action=\"search.php?uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">"; ///the uid and pwd is > > nessecary cause my member features are very basic and the urls is used > > to keep the user 'logged in' > > echo "Keywords: <input type=\"text\" name=\"q\" /><br/>"; > > echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\"/>"; > > echo "</form>"; > > echo "</table>"; > > echo "<div class=\"cre\"><img src=\"images/home.gif\" alt=\"*\"/><a > > href=\"index.php?uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">Home</a></div>"; > > echo "</body>"; > > echo "</html>"; > > } > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////Display Results > > > > if(isset($var)){ > > $var = $_GET["q"]; > > $trimmed = trim($var); //trim whitespace from the stored variable > > echo "<head>"; > > echo "<title>Search Results</title>"; > > echo "<style type=\"text/css\"> > > .m3 {background-color: #291C6F;} > > .n1 {background-color: #A0A0A0;} > > .n2 {background-color: #888888;} > > .c2 {color: #000000;} > > .m2 {color: #91D0FF;} > > body {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; > > font-size: 12px; > > color: #ffffff; > > background-color: #000033; > > margin-left: 0px; > > margin-right: 0px; > > margin-top: 0px;} > > .ct1 {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; > > font-size: 12px; > > color: #800080;} > > .cre {background-color: #1300A4; > > padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px; > > margin: 3px 0 0; > > font-size: 12px; > > color:#000000; > > text-align: center; > > border-width:1px 0; > > border-style:solid; > > border-color:#000000;} > > </style>"; > > echo "</head>"; > > echo "<body>"; > > echo "<div class=\"cre\">"; > > echo "<b>Search Results</b></div>"; > > echo "<table>"; > > // Get the search variable from URL > > > > > > > > // check for an empty string and display a message. > > if ($trimmed == "") > > { > > echo "Please enter a search..."; > > exit; > > } > > > > > > > > if($pg==0)$pg=1; > > $pg--; > > $lmt = $pg*20; > > $pg++; > > $cou =$lmt+1; > > $scount = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table > > WHERE keywords like \"%$trimmed%\" AND banned='0' AND hitsin >= > > '2'")); > > $pgs = ceil($scount[0]/20); > > // Build SQL Query > > $sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE keywords like \"%$trimmed%\" AND > > banned='0' and hits_in >='2' ORDER by hin DESC LIMIT ".$lmt.", 20;"; > > // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query > > $sites=mysql_query($sql); > > > > > > while ($site = mysql_fetch_array($sites)) > > { > > $dscr =htmlspecialchars($site[11]); > > $snm=htmlspecialchars($site[1]); > > echo "<tr><td align=\"left\"><a > > > href=\"index.php?action=vsite&sid=$site[0]&uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">$ snm</a></td></tr>"; > > echo "<tr><td align=\"left\">$dscr</td></tr>"; > > $cou++; > > } > > $npage = $pg+1; > > $ppage = $pg-1; > > if($pg<$pgs) > > //this is just for clicking on the site's name when the results are > > displayed > > { > > > > $nlink = "<a > > > href=\"index.php?action=vsites&pg=$npage&uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd&c id=$cid\" > > accesskey=\"1\"><img src=\"images/next.gif\" alt=\"1\"/>Next</a>"; > > > > } > > if($pg >1) > > { > > $plink = "<a > > > href=\"index.php?action=vsites&pg=$ppage&uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd&c id=$cid\" > > accesskey=\"2\"><img src=\"images/prev.gif\" alt=\"2\"/>Prev</a>"; > > } > > > > > > echo "<tr class=\"m2\"><td align=\"right\">$nlink</td></tr>"; > > echo "<tr class=\"m2\"><td align=\"left\">$plink</td></tr>"; > > > > echo "</table>"; > > echo "<div class=\"cre\"><img src=\"images/home.gif\" alt=\"*\"/><a > > href=\"index.php?uid=$uid&pwd=$pwd\">Home</a></div>"; > > echo "</body>"; > > echo "</html>"; > > } > > ?> > > > > Like I said, very basic. I know there must be a screw-up somewhere but > > I can't seem to find it. > > > > Thanks > > Wikus > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php