Search page/box to results page

Protype · 27-01-2009 10:40pm #1

How does the results page collect the information from the search page?

mercuroman · 28-01-2009 1:23pm

Where? What Page? ha?

codecrunchers · 28-01-2009 1:31pm

I second mercuroman

Where? What Page? ha?

Protype · 28-01-2009 1:44pm

When the information is sent to the search page do i need to declare in variables the values from the fields in the search page.

Eoin · 28-01-2009 2:02pm

What language are you using?

Your form in the search page would have an action attribute that specifies the results page. Your results page can then access the form elements.

An ASP example:

search.asp:

[html]
<form name="frmSearch" method="post" action="results.asp">
<input type="text" name="txtFirstName" />
<input type="text" name="txtLastName" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
[/html]

When the form is submitted, it will automatically call "results.asp", which might have something like this:

Dim firstname, lastname
firstname = Request.Form("txtFirstName")
lastname = Request.Form("txtLastName")
Response.Write "You searched for first name: " & firstname & " and last name: " & lastname

You can then use these variables to build up your search criteria. Until you give a lot more details, it's impossible to help you out any more than that.

Protype · 28-01-2009 2:34pm

Using php

AHHHHHHH

This is what i needed to know
firstname = Request.Form("txtFirstName")
lastname = Request.Form("txtLastName")

I am only learning and thanks for you time.

Eoin · 28-01-2009 2:36pm

No probs - you're using ASP, right?

Protype · 28-01-2009 2:43pm

eoin wrote: »

No probs - you're using ASP, right?

What i use is

Dreamweaver
MySQL
php

Eoin · 28-01-2009 2:47pm

OK, the syntax is different then. I don't know php, but I think it's something like this:

[php]
$firstname= $_REQUEST ;
$lastname = $_REQUEST ;
[/php]

kayos · 28-01-2009 3:01pm

Ba I really should have read the whole thread....

Eoin · 28-01-2009 3:03pm

Yep, as I said earlier that was an ASP example. And just above your post is what I think is the PHP syntax.

Protype · 28-01-2009 5:12pm

Hi Eoin

Ye that is what was wrong. I did not know if i needed the $_REQUEST for the script to run.

I Have another question if you don't mind!

How do i send only a image path to a database?

Eoin · 28-01-2009 5:15pm

I am guessing you want to upload an image to a folder on the website as part of the form, but only store the filename in the database? Number of ways you can do this, but unfortunately my knowledge of PHP is non-existent!

Protype · 28-01-2009 5:20pm

eoin wrote: »

I am guessing you want to upload an image to a folder on the website as part of the form, but only store the filename in the database? Number of ways you can do this, but unfortunately my knowledge of PHP is non-existent!

Yes this is what i trying to do.

I got the "move file" sorted, so this is fine
But when storing information in the database i send the form. in the form i have file fields and what i need is to only store the file path and not the file its self.

Any idea??

Thanks for you help

Eoin · 28-01-2009 5:24pm

Somewhere in the upload process, you'll be able to get the filename of the file that's just been uploaded, so just set a variable there and use that value for the form.

Civilian_Target · 28-01-2009 9:14pm

It goes something like this...

Page:

<html><body><form method="post" action="upload.php">
<input type="file" name="myFile" />
</form></body></html>

upload.php in the same folder

<?php
move_uploaded_file($_UPLOAD['myFile']['tmpname'], "savedfile.jpg");
fopen("savedfile.jpg") or die("Couldn't open the saved file");
print "File uploaded"; ?>

Protype · 28-01-2009 10:24pm

Sorted

Thanks to all

Search page/box to results page

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