Re: Re: Multi search function (help)

I'm not 100% sure, but you may want to also check if the field is empty (using empty() function) before including in your search. (in addition to isset) Also, just a caution, you will need to take some care in figuring when and where to place your 'and' statements linking the various parts of the query. At 08:01 AM 27/05/2004, you wrote:

Nabil wrote: "David Robley" <robleyd@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:20040526113904.54450.qmail@pb1.pair.com...

Nabil wrote:

hi all.... Is there a way to condition your search: -I have a form for four text boxes for search my Mysql... -I don't want to write 4 conditions and for SQL statements incase he decided not to search with all keywords (fields) - I have by example : name, lastname , nickname and phone form... I need a way to select my records even one or more field were null (searching only on of the above) because the following SQL will generate null result $name=$_POST['naame']; $lastname=$_POST['lastname']; $nickname=$_POST['nickname']; $m_date=$_POST['m_dateY']; echo $name.$lastname.$nickname.$m_date; "SELECT id, name , lastname , m_date from users where name like binary '%$name%' and lastname like binary '%$lastname%' and nickname like binary '%$nickname%' and m_date= YEAR('$m_date') order

by

id ASC ") or die(mysql_error()); Thanks in advanced

Use isset to test whether the POST values are set and only include in the query if there is a value.

thanks .. but my question is not for isset... i m thinking consider that i have 10 search fields... if i have to do a combination then i need a day to right the various SQL statements So do something like: $query = "SELECT id, name , lastname , m_date from users where 1 "; if (isset($_POST['name'])) { $query .= "AND name like binary '%{$-POST['name']}%' "; } if (isset($_POST['lastname'])) { $query .= "AND name like binary '%{$_post['lastname']}%' "; } //etc etc $query .= " order by id ASC "; $sql = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error()); -- David Robley Only cosmetologists give make-up exams. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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