Re: More frustration with MySQL and PHP

On Jan 21, 2008, at 3:04 PM, James Ausmus wrote:

On Jan 21, 2008 11:57 AM, Jason Pruim <japruim@raoset.com> 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

Hi James, I like you idea of setting it up with functions but with my meager knowledge of coding in php at all, functions are still a little out of my realm of comfort. But I will definitely be looking into it. For now, and for completeness, I have used Eric Butera's suggestion of adding a $_GET variable to pull from based on wether you are wanting the entire database, or just the search criteria.

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