Re: Simple search engine gone bad

Thanks all for your help. I knew it was somathing stupid and I knew it was because it was Monday. Now that it is Tues I have found the problem and it was somethin very stupid. I forgot echo "</FORM>"; Now it work as it should. Again thanks Jennifer. "Jennifer Downey" <jendowney@attbi.com> wrote in message news:20020430013309.51981.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi all, > > It's Monday, it's probably something stupid, but I have poured over this all > day and cannot find the problem. > This is a simple search engine based on one table. It is suppose to return > the results of the search word. Instead it returns ALL records in the mysql > table. If I type the letter x and there are no words in the table with an x > I still get all records returned. > > Would someone be kind enough to show me what I have done wrong. > > > if($search) > { > $query = "SELECT iname, quantity, user, price FROM > {$config["prefix"]}_shop WHERE iname LIKE '%$searchword%' AND price > 0 > ORDER BY price"; > $ret = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); > while($row = mysql_fetch_array($ret)) > { > $user = $row['user']; > $iname = $row['iname']; > $q = $row['quantity']; > $price = $row['price']; > > if($searchword = $iname) > { > echo "<TABLE BORDER='0' WIDTH='95%' CELLPADDING='0' > CELLSPACING='0'><TR>"; > echo "<TD width=20%><a > href='usershop.php?user=$user'>$user</a></TD>"; > echo "<TD width=40%><font size=2>$iname</font></TD>"; > echo "<TD width=20%><font > size=2><CENTER>$q</CENTER></font></TD>"; > echo "<TD width=30%><font > size=2><CENTER>$price</CENTER></font></TD>"; > echo "</TD></TR></TABLE>"; > } > } > }else{ > > echo "<FORM METHOD=post ACTION='$PHP_SELF'>"; > echo "Search Shops<BR><input type=text name=\"searchword\" > value=\"\">"; > echo "<BR><INPUT TYPE='submit' NAME='search' > VALUE='Search'>"; > > > } > > > Thank you > Jennifer > -- > The sleeper has awaken > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/20/2002