Re: More frustration with MySQL and PHP

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On Jan 21, 2008 11:57 AM, Jason Pruim <japruim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Today, I found a bug in my software which I was originally happy to
> find since that means there's one less that I have to worry about... 3
> hours later while trying to figure out how to fix it I wish I never
> found it!
>
> Here's the deal, I have a file that exports the records in the
> database to excel, which works perfectly, except for 1 small thing...
> If you search the database first, it exports just those records.
>
> Basically what I need to do is allow people the choice of either
> exporting just certain search criteria, or the entire database without
> having to logout/login each time.
>
> I have tried using HTTP_REFERER to grab weither the user is coming
> from search.php (My search script) or directly from the index.php site
> which would mean they want the entire database.  Nothing I have done
> has been successful, I either get just the search criteria exported,
> or I get the entire database depending on which version I try it from.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

Just set a form var (or add a GET variable to your link) from your
search.php page that says that you only want the searched records,
something like:

<input type="hidden" name="onlySearch" value="1" />

And then, in your export script, check for the existence of that
variable before doing your query:

<?php

  if (isset($_REQUEST['onlySearch']) and ($_REQUEST['onlySearch'] == 1))
  {
    doSearchExport();
  } else
  {
    doFullExport();
  }

?>

HTH-

James



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