Display search results on the same page in a table with PHP - php

Question

I am using a form to search in a database and I would like to know how to display the search results in a table, on the same page (the page can refresh, I don't mind).
My form looks like this:
<form id="searchform" method="post" action = 'search4.php' target = '_blank'>
<input id="name" style="height: 25px; width: 140px; position: fixed; top: 150px; left: 50px" name="name" type="text" >
<input type="submit" value="Search" class="btn btn-primary btn" style="color: white; font-style: normal; background-color: blueviolet; position: fixed; top: 148px; left: 220px">
</form>
search4.php is the script that does the searching in the database and looks like this:
<?php
$servername = 'localhost';
$username = 'root';
$password = '';
$dbname = 'official_db';
$mysqli = new mysqli($servername, $username, null, $dbname);
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $mysqli->connect_error);
}
if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) {
$Name = addslashes($_POST['name']);
} else {
$Name = $_POST['name'];
}
session_start();
$results = "SELECT * FROM b2b_interfaces WHERE Name LIKE CONCAT ('%', $name, '%')";
$resultSet = $mysqli->query($results);
$numRows = $resultSet->num_rows;
if ($numRows > 0) {
while ($row = $resultSet->fetch_object()) {
echo "{$row->name} {$row->address} {$row->county} <br>";
}
} else {
echo "No Results";
}
?>
In the main script I also have defined a table, but I do not know how to have access to the results from search4.php. I would try something like this:
<tbody>
<?php
if ($numRows > 0) {
while ($row = $resultSet->fetch_object()) {
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo "{$row->name} " ?></td>
<td><?php echo "{$row->address} " ?></td>
<td><?php echo "{$row->county} " ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}
?>
</tbody>

Answer 1

You can place the search script on the same page, so target the search form to the current page, and place the script on top of the page.