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    <p>i am currently working on a search engine for a small database but feel as if my approach to building it has been a bit bloated so far. does anyone have any suggestions on how i could streamline the ajax code? here is my ajax.php file....</p> <pre><code>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="#clients" class="form"&gt;Clients&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="#files" class="form"&gt;Files&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="#vehicles" class="form"&gt;Vehicles&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="#comments" class="form"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="#solicitors" class="form"&gt;Solicitors&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr width='75%' size='1' color='#F5F5F5' align='left'/&gt; &lt;!--- CLIENTS ----&gt; &lt;p style='font-size: 16px;'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name="clients"&gt;Clients&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word=$_GET['search_word']; $sql=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_accident WHERE clientName LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY clientName ASC"); $count=mysql_num_rows($sql); if($count &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql)) { $msg=$row['clientName']; $bold_word='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg = str_ireplace($search_word, $bold_word, $msg); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a class='box' href='viewclient.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".$final_msg."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['address']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='manageclient.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/manage.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='viewclient.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='editclient.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/edit.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='printclient.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/print.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deleteclient.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (road traffic accident)&lt;BR&gt; &lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word6=$_GET['search_word']; $sql6=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_personalinjury WHERE clientName LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY clientName ASC"); $count6=mysql_num_rows($sql6); if($count6 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql6)) { $msg6=$row['clientName']; $bold_word6='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word6.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg6 = str_ireplace($search_word6, $bold_word6, $msg6); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a class='box' href='viewclient2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".$final_msg6."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['address']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='manageclient2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/manage.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='viewclient2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='editclient2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/edit.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='printclient2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/print.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deleteclient2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (personal injury)&lt;BR&gt; &lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;hr width='75%' size='1' color='#F5F5F5' align='left'/&gt; &lt;!--- FILES ----&gt; &lt;p style='font-size: 16px;'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name="files"&gt;Files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word2=$_GET['search_word']; $sql2=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_accidentfiles WHERE name LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY name ASC"); $count2=mysql_num_rows($sql2); if($count2 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql2)) { $msg2=$row['name']; $bold_word2='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word2.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg2 = str_ireplace($search_word2, $bold_word2, $msg2); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a class='box' href='viewfile.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".$final_msg2."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['size']."K&amp;nbsp;".$row['type']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='downloadfile.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/download.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='viewfile.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletefile.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (road traffic accident)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word7=$_GET['search_word']; $sql7=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_personalinjuryfiles WHERE name LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY name ASC"); $count7=mysql_num_rows($sql7); if($count7 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql7)) { $msg7=$row['name']; $bold_word7='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word7.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg7 = str_ireplace($search_word7, $bold_word7, $msg7); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a class='box' href='viewfile3.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".$final_msg7."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['size']."K&amp;nbsp;".$row['type']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='downloadfile3.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/download.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='viewfile3.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletefile3.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (personal injury)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word3=$_GET['search_word']; $sql3=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_vehiclefiles WHERE name LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY name ASC"); $count3=mysql_num_rows($sql3); if($count3 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql3)) { $msg3=$row['name']; $bold_word3 ='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word3.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg3 = str_ireplace($search_word3, $bold_word3, $msg3); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a class='box' href='viewfile2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".$final_msg2."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['size']."K&amp;nbsp;".$row['type']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='downloadfile2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/download.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='viewfile2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletefile2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (vehicle)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;hr width='75%' size='1' color='#F5F5F5' align='left'/&gt; &lt;p style='font-size: 16px;'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name="vehicles"&gt;Vehicles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- VEHICLES ----&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word6=$_GET['search_word']; $sql6=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_vehicles WHERE vehicleMake LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY vehicleMake DESC"); $count6=mysql_num_rows($sql6); if($count6 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql6)) { $msg6=$row['vehicleMake']."&amp;nbsp;".$row['vehicleModel']; $bold_word6='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word6.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg6 = str_ireplace($search_word6, $bold_word6, $msg6); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;&lt;a class='box' href='viewvehicle.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;".$final_msg6."&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='managevehicle.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/manage.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='viewvehicle.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='editvehicle.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/edit.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletevehicle.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;hr width='75%' size='1' color='#F5F5F5' align='left'/&gt; &lt;p style='font-size: 16px;'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name="comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- COMMENTS ----&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); function do_TrimString($string, $MaxSTRLEN = null) { if ($MaxSTRLEN == null) { global $MaxSTRLEN; } if (strlen($string) &gt; $MaxSTRLEN) { $string = substr($string, 0, $MaxSTRLEN); $end = strrpos($string, ' '); if ($end === false) { $end = $MaxSTRLEN; } $string = substr($string, 0, $end) . '...'; } return $string; } if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word4=$_GET['search_word']; $sql4=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_comment WHERE comment LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY comment ASC"); $count4=mysql_num_rows($sql4); if($count4 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql4)) { $msg4=$row['comment']; $bold_word4='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word4.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg4 = str_ireplace($search_word4, $bold_word4, $msg4); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a href='viewcomment.php?id=".$row['id']."' class='box'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".do_TrimString($final_msg4, 40)."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['date']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='viewcomment.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='manageclient.php?id=".$row['client_id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/manage.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='editcomment.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/edit.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletecomment.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (road traffic accident)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;?php if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word4=$_GET['search_word']; $sql4=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_comment3 WHERE comment LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY comment ASC"); $count4=mysql_num_rows($sql4); if($count4 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql4)) { $msg4=$row['comment']; $bold_word4='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word4.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg4 = str_ireplace($search_word4, $bold_word4, $msg4); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a href='editcomment3.php?id=".$row['id']."' class='box'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".do_TrimString($final_msg4, 40)."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['date']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='manageclient2.php?id=".$row['client_id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/manage.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='editcomment3.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/edit.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletecomment3.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (personal injury)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;?php if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word4=$_GET['search_word']; $sql4=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_comment2 WHERE comment LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY comment ASC"); $count4=mysql_num_rows($sql4); if($count4 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql4)) { $msg4=$row['comment']; $bold_word4='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word4.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg4 = str_ireplace($search_word4, $bold_word4, $msg4); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php echo " &lt;a href='editcomment2.php?id=".$row['id']."' class='box'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".do_TrimString($final_msg4, 40)."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['date']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='managevehicle.php?id=".$row['veh_id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/manage.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='editcomment2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/edit.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletecomment2.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;"; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results (vehicle)&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;hr width='75%' size='1' color='#F5F5F5' align='left'/&gt; &lt;p style='font-size: 16px;'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a name="solicitors"&gt;Solicitors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--- 5) tbl_solicitors search ----&gt; &lt;?php require_once('Connections/speedycms.php'); if(isset($_GET['search_word'])) { $search_word5=$_GET['search_word']; $sql5=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tbl_solicitors WHERE solicitorName LIKE '%$search_word%' ORDER BY solicitorName ASC"); $count5=mysql_num_rows($sql5); if($count5 &gt; 0) { while($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql5)) { $msg5=$row['solicitorName']; $bold_word5='&lt;b&gt;'.$search_word5.'&lt;/b&gt;'; $final_msg5 = str_ireplace($search_word5, $bold_word5, $msg5); ?&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;?php if($row['solicitorName']=='None') { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } else echo " &lt;a class='box' href='viewsolicitor.php?id=".$row['solicitorName']."'&gt;&lt;span style='font-size: 12px;'&gt;".$final_msg5."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;span style='font-size: 10px;'&gt;".$row['solicitorDetail']."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;a href='viewsolicitor.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/view.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='deletesolicitor.php?id=".$row['id']."'&gt;&lt;img src='resources/no.png' border='0'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt; "; ?&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;?php } } else { echo "&lt;p&gt;No results&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;hr width='75%' size='1' color='#F5F5F5' align='left'/&gt; </code></pre> <p>thanking you in advance</p>
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