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    <p>I am trying to create a search function with multiple variables. Basically I have a standard style form, and each element has a name. Those names on submit are retrieved via <code>POST</code> then the search query is conducted. I have posted my code and I know I have probably gone about this a terrible way but I am looking for direction on how to make it suitable. Still very new to PHP so advice on better ways to structure this that I can then go and learn/implement would be appeciated. Currently it does search via the first variable <code>$search</code> but I'm not sure how to implement the rest. The user should be able to input 1 or multiple variables then the search is conducted. At this point it is only searching one table and I would like it to search multiple tables long term, all the columns in the different tables have the same name, just different data. Any guidance appreciated here. Cheers.</p> <pre><code>//define variables to be used $table = 'aecm'; $search = @$_POST['search']; $status = @$_POST['status']; $repair = @$_POST['repair']; $upgrade = @$_POST['um']; $pm = @$_POST['pm']; $nofault = @$_POST['nf']; //Connect to database include '/../connect.php'; //conduct a search $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table WHERE (part LIKE '%$search%') OR (serial LIKE '%$search%') OR (mac LIKE '%$search%') OR (ip LIKE '%$search%') OR (status LIKE '%$search%') ORDER BY part ASC"); if (!$result) { die("Query to show fields from table failed"); } </code></pre> <p>Added the form code showing the variables.</p> <pre><code>echo '&lt;form ENCTYPE=multipart/form-data form name=benchsearch action=benchsearchresults.php method=post&gt;'; //search selection echo '&lt;table&gt;'; echo '&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Standard Search &lt;/td&gt;'; echo "&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=text maxlength=30 name=search /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;"; echo '&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Search Status of Equipment &lt;/td&gt;'; echo "&lt;td&gt;&lt;select name=status&gt;"; echo "&lt;option&gt; &lt;/option&gt;"; echo "&lt;option&gt; SERVICEABLE &lt;/option&gt;"; echo "&lt;option&gt; UNSERVICEABLE &lt;/option&gt;"; echo "&lt;option&gt; BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR &lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Search Type of Repair :&lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Repair &lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=checkbox name=repair value=rep /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Updrade/Modification &lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=checkbox name=upgrade value=um /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Preventitive Maintenance Check &lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=checkbox name=pm value=pm /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;No Fault Found &lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;td&gt;&lt;input type=checkbox name=nofault value=nf /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;"; echo "&lt;/table&gt;"; echo '&lt;center&gt;&lt;input type="submit" class="button" id="submit" value="Search"/&gt; &lt;/center&gt;'; echo "&lt;/form&gt;"; </code></pre> <p>My tables are as follows</p> <p>Table aecm, aicm etc Columns - part, serial, mac, ip, status</p> <p>Table aecmhis, aicmhis etc Columns - serial, repair, upgrade, pm, nofault</p> <p>I want to use a form as above (or similair) to conduct a search and show results from all tables. The serial number is common between aecm-aecmhis and aicm-aicmhis etc. Status is only 1 of 3 options and the repair, upgrade, pm, nofault columns are either empty or have <code>yes</code> in them. Just looking for the best way to go about this.</p>
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