Very perplexed here...hopefully someone can shed some light on this.
I have a page with a search text box on it...I want the user to enter some text and then click the search button and return records.
I started with this....
1. on the Main Page I can echo the value passed in the URL
2. I pass that value to the php page and do a very simple return..I can display that same value as in number 1 above.
$searchvalue = $_GET['ItemValue']; echo $searchvalue; $searchs = get_results($searchvalue); echo ' Returning '.$searchs;
Function get_results($searchvalue){
$searchs = trim($searchvalue);
return $searchs;
}
I am now trying to use that value in a query to SELECT records...BUT I am not returning any
$searchs = get_results($searchvalue);
Function get_results($searchvalue){
$searchvalue = mysql_real_escape_string(htmlentities($searchvalue));
$searchs = array();
$search_query = mysql_query("SELECT `image_id`, `album_id`, `timestamp`, `ext`, `description`, `name` FROM `images` WHERE `description`=$searchvalue ORDER BY `description`");
While ($searchs_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($search_query)){
$searchs[] = array(
'id' => $searchs_row['image_id'],
'album' => $searchs_row['album_id'],
'timestamp' => $searchs_row['timestamp'],
'ext' => $searchs_row['ext'],
'desc' => $searchs_row['description'],
'imagename' => $searchs_row['name']
);
}
return $searchs;
}
Back in the main page...I always get 'There are no images' when I check for empty
<?php
if (empty($searchs)){
echo 'There are no images';
}else{
foreach ($searchs as $search){
//echo 'hi';
?>
FURTHER MORE:
If I hard code the above SELECT statement as such it works FINE....
$search_query = mysql_query("SELECT `image_id`, `album_id`, `timestamp`, `ext`, `description`, `name` FROM `images` WHERE `description`='HICKORY_RIDGE_TOWNHOME' ORDER BY `description`");
is the syntax incorrect in the SELECT STATEMENT????
Thanks