> I am trying to make a query based on the user input, for a search
page.
> So, I have the initial query set up like:
> $query = "select PUB_ID, AUTHOR, TITLE, YEAR from * where
> USER.USER_ID=$user and USER.USER_ID=USER_PUB.USER_ID";
>
> if ($author != null){
> //append this string to the $query already stated
> " and JOURNAL_ARTICLE.AUTHOR=$author";
> }
> if ($title != null){
> //append this string also
> " and JOURNAL_ARTICLE.TITLE=$title";
> }
>
> How do you do this concatenation?
Use the period character to concatenate strings...
$query = $query . 'add this string to query';
or
$query .= 'add this string to query';
A simple look through the manual would have answered this for you...
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