HTML Form Search Function via PHP MYSQL lookup - php

I am quite new to HTML/PHP code.
I am trying to build a form that will search a MySQL database based on a key value (Vehicle VRN) being provided. As it stands I have sorted the submit code and I am able to add a new customer to the Customers database by clicking 'Submit New'
However, I cannot get the search function to work e.g. enter the vehicle VRN and fill in the rest of the form with that customers information
Here's the HTML form:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>ABC Autorite Ltd</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="style/accordian.pack.js"></script>
</head>
<body onload="new Accordian('basic-accordian',5,'header_highlight');">
<div id="logo"><h1>ABC Autorite</h1></div>
<div id="basic-accordian" >
<div id="test-header" class="accordion_headings header_highlight">Customers</div>
<div id="test-content">
<div class="accordion_child">
<h1>Search customer database or submit new details</h1>
<div class="form_layout">
<form method="post" id="Customer">
<select name="title">
<option>Mr.</option>
<option>Dr.</option>
<option>Ms.</option>
<option>Mrs.</option>
</select>
<input type="text" name="first_name" placeholder="First Name" value="<?php echo $first_name; ?>">
<input type="text" name="last_name" placeholder="Last Name">
<input type="text" name="phone_number" placeholder="Phone">
<input type="text" name="email_address" placeholder="Email Address">
<input type="text" name="address_line_1" placeholder="Address">
<input type="text" name="postcode" placeholder="Postcode">
<input type="text" name="vrn" placeholder="VRN">
<input type="text" name="make" placeholder="Make">
<input type="text" name="model" placeholder="Model">
<input type="text" name="year" placeholder="Year">
<div class="form_buttons">
<input type="submit" name="search" Value="Search" onclick="form.action='search.php';"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" Value="Submit New" onclick="form.action='submit.php';"/>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="test1-header" class="accordion_headings">New Job Card</div>
<div id="test1-content">
<div class="accordion_child">
<h1>Create a new Job Card</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="test2-header" class="accordion_headings">Job Cards</div>
<div id="test2-content">
<div class="accordion_child">
<h1>Search for a previous Job Card</h1>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<p>Copyright ABC Autorite Ltd</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here's the PHP search script:
<?php
$servername="192.168.0.8";
$username="my_admin";
$password="my_password";
$dbname="ABCAUTORITE";
// Opens a connection to a MySQL server
$connection=mysql_connect ($servername, $username, $password);
if (!$connection) { die('Not connected : ' . mysql_error());}
// Set the active MySQL database
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($dbname, $connection);
if (!$db_selected) {
die ('Can\'t use db : ' . mysql_error());
}
$vrn = $_POST['vrn'];
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE vrn like '%$vrn%'");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql))
{
echo $row['first_name'];
echo $row['last_name'];
}
?>
I am just returning first_name and last_name for now as a 'test' before I add the rest of the values.
This has caused me a few hours of head scratching so I am on here looking for any help.
Thanks.


You can separate a form by checking to see what $_POST[] variable isset
<?php # customer.php
if(isset($_POST['search'])){
echo 'pressed the search button.';
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)){
$form[] = '<input type="text" name="first_name" value="'.$row['first_name'].'">';
$form[] = '<input type="text" name="last_name" value="'.$row['last_name'].'">';
// etc
}
} elseif(isset($_POST['submit'])){
# execute code to submit user.
} else {
# render the form normally.
$form[] = '<input type="text" name="first_name" placeholder="First Name" value="">';
$form[] = '<input type="text" name="last_name" placeholder="Last Name" value="">';
// etc.
}
?>
And just use a standard form.
<!-- Still in customer.php -->
<form method="post" id="Customer" action="./customer.php">
<?php
foreach($form as $v){
echo $v;
}
?>
<div class="form_buttons">
<input type="submit" name="search" Value="Search" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" Value="Submit New" />
</div>
</form>
And now your question:
To do with PHP and HTML alone, you would need to do everything in 1 page meaning you would need to generate the form with your desired values.
Okay.. you don't have to if you don't want to but I would really recommend it. This way your code is together and not split apart.
Now there's a million ways to code this, I just picked one that you might be able to easily understand.
There is an alternative
A combination of Javascript and PHP. Use Javascript (I would really recommend jQuery) to request a single php file on the server and let it return a json format object. Then use jQuery to update your already rendered form.
On a side note..
Switch over to PDO for your database to allow for binding your post data to your prepared statement. Currently your code is open to SQL injection.

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<br><br>
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<section id="lastName">
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php search form using post variable to make an sql query

this is a page that displays a list of creatives, and the form offers search functionality to search by job title:
if(isset($_POST['creatives-submit'])){
$job = $_POST['job-title'];
$data = \Db::Common($fms5->DBH)->getWhere("creatives", "creatives_active", "Yes"," AND creatives_job LIKE '%".$job."%'")->orderBy('creatives_name', 'asc');
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is there anything that's obviously wrong my my code?

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this means the form can't be submitted unless the job-title field has a value and had the correct type of text
Below is a modification of your code that just returns what the user searched for (Since I don't have it connected to a database)
<?php
if(isset($_POST['job-title']) && !empty($_POST["job-title"])){
$job = $_POST['job-title'];
?>
<p>You Searched For <?php echo $job;?></p>
<?php
}
?>
And the form
<!-- Search Form -->
<form method="post" name="creative-search">
<input class="form-control" required="required" type="text" name="job-title" id="job-title" placeholder="Search by job title" />
<input class="form-control" type="submit" name="creatives-submit" id="creatives-submit" style="display: none;" />
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This seemed to be working yesterday and now suddenly today it's no longer working correctly and I'm not sure why.
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font-size: 12px;
font-weight: bold;
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textarea
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resize: none;
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-->
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use WindowsAzure\Common\ServicesBuilder;
use WindowsAzure\Blob\Models\CreateContainerOptions;
use WindowsAzure\Blob\Models\PublicAccessType;
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<label>
<span>Description:</span>
<textarea name="desc" placeholder="Enter the scenario description here"></textarea>
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<!--Scenario Times-->
<label id="time">
<span>Estimated Times:</span>
<!--Scenario Execution Time-->
<b>Execution:</b>
<input type="number" name="execHr" min="0" placeholder="Hours">
<input type="number" name="execMin" min="1" placeholder="Minutes">
<br><br>
<!--Scenario Debriefing Time-->
<b>Debriefing:</b>
<input type="number" name="debriHr" min="0" placeholder="Hours">
<input type="number" name="debriMin" min="0" placeholder="Minutes">
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<br>
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<label>
<span>Origin:</span>
<input type="text" name="origin" placeholder="Enter the origin here (if any)">
</label>
<!--Target Users-->
<label>
<span>Target Users:</span>
<select name="users[]" multiple="multiple" title="Please select user type...">
<?php
selectMySQL("valid_trainee_type","trainee_type");
?>
</select>
</label>
<br>
<!--Capabilities-->
<label>
<span style="">Capabilities Required:</span>
<select name="capabilities[]" multiple="multiple" title="Please select capabilities...">
<?php
selectMySQL("valid_capability","name");
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<br>
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<label>
<span style="">Prerequisite Knowledge:</span>
<select name="prerequisites[]" multiple="multiple" title="Please select prerequisites...">
<?php
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<span>Equipment Required:</span>
<select name="equipment[]" multiple="multiple" title="Please select equipment...">
<?php
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<label>
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<label>
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<textarea name="set" placeholder="Please describe the ideal setting for the procedure..."></textarea>
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<label>
<span>Preparation Required:</span>
<textarea name="prep" placeholder="Please list any steps that are required in order to perform this procedure..."></textarea>
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<label>
<span>Participants Required:</span>
<textarea name="part" placeholder="Please list the participants that will be required in order to perform this procedure..."></textarea>
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<option value="female">female</option>
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<input name="patAge" type="text" style="width:5%;">
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<input type="text" name="patHt" style="width:6%;" placeholder="(in)">
<b>Weight</b>
<input type="text" name="patWt" style="width:6%;" placeholder="(lbs)">
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<label>
<span>Debrief:</span>
<textarea name="debrief" placeholder="Please detail the debriefing process for this scenario..."></textarea>
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<label>
<span>Scenario Details:</span>
<br>
<input type="file" name="fileScenDetails" value="Upload File">
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<textarea name="textScenDetails" placeholder="Please any other scenario details here..."></textarea>
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<label>
<span> </span>
<input type="submit" name="btn_submit" class="button" value="Add Scenario"/>
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<?php
} //end if
else
{
//Setup the MySQL server
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "****";
$dbname = "****";
//Create connection to the MySQL server
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
//Check connection
if($conn -> connect_error)
{
die("Connection failed: " . $conn -> connect_error);
} //end if
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origin, objectives, setting, preparation, participants,
patient_name, patient_sex, patient_age, patient_height,
patient_weight, patient_info, scoring, debrief,
scenario_file, scenario_text)
VALUES ('".$_POST['title']."','".$_POST['desc']."', '$exec_time', '$debrif_time',
'".$_POST['origin']."','".$_POST['object']."',
'".$_POST['set']."','".$_POST['prep']."',
'".$_POST['part']."','".$_POST['patName']."',
'".$_POST['patSex']."','".$_POST['patAge']."',
'".$_POST['patHt']."','".$_POST['patWt']."',
'".$_POST['patInfo']."','".$_POST['score']."',
'".$_POST['debrief']."','$blob',
'".$_POST['textScenDetails']."');";
if($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
} //end else
$conn->close();
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insert_Scen_Dev('scenario','title', 'title','users',
'valid_trainee_type','trainee_type', 'scenario_trainee_type',
'scenario_id', 'valid_trainee_type_id');
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'scenario_id', 'valid_capability_id');
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'valid_equipment','equipment', 'scenario_equipment',
'scenario_id', 'valid_equipment_id');
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insert_Scen_Dev('scenario','title', 'title','parameters',
'valid_parameter','parameter', 'scenario_parameters',
'scenario_id', 'valid_parameter_id');
*/
echo "<div class='sqlSuccess'>A new Scenario has been added!</div>";
} //end else
?>
</div>
</div>
<!--End of the Content Section-->
<!--This section is for the lower half of the page. From the copyright bar down.-->
<div id="footer">
<div id="footerCenter">
Copyright ©
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var today = new Date();
var year = today.getFullYear();
document.write(year);
</script>
</div>
</div>
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<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
Also the file address is available under $_FILES['fileScenDetails']['tmp_name'], not under $_POST['fileScenDetails'], so:
$blob = addslashes(file_get_contents($_FILES['fileScenDetails']['tmp_name']));
Note, that you should check if file upload was successfull, as otherwise your code will trigger warning (eg. when user won't specify file). Add something like this:
if(isset($_FILES['fileScenDetails']['error']) && UPLOAD_ERR_OK == $_FILES['fileScenDetails']['error']) {
// do your stuff here
} else {
// display 'no-file' error to the user
}
Also, you should definitely check if the specified file was really uploaded, to avoid stealing your code with malformed requests. Check is_uploaded_file function here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-uploaded-file.php
There are also some possible SQL injections and other security issues.

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My suggestion
change your form
Now it will take your user where you want him to go
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...
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change users/final/destination.php
This should be on the top of the file
<?php
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ob_start();
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<input type="text" id="Surname" name="Surname" >
</div>
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Now here is your PHP file (just be sure to put "<?php" at starting and "?>" at end of php file ):
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{
die('Connection Failed: ' . mysql_error());
}
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$sql="INSERT INTO form_data (title,firstName, surname, email, phone, refer, news_updates)
VALUES
('$_POST[title]', '$_POST[firstName]','$_POST[surname]','$_POST[email]','$_POST[phone]','$_POST[refer]','$_POST[news_updates]')";
if (!mysql_query($sql, $connected))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_close($connected);
?>
I would like to make another html (unsubscribe.html) page where people can unsubscribe by entering their email address so that their email address would match the corresponding email that is in the database already and remove it from the My Sql database .
I found this tutorial which was kind of helpful -
http://www.phpsuperblog.com/php/delete-records-from-mysql-database-with-html-form-and-php/
and this is the form on my unsubscribe.html page.
<form id="unsubscribe_form" action="delete.php" method="post">
<div>
<label for="email_remove">Email:</label>
<input type="text" id="email_remove" name="email_remove" />
</div>
<div>
<input name="delete" type="submit" id="delete" value="" class="unsubscribe_btn">
</div>
</form>
but when I enter method="post" in the unsubscribe form. The data from the form on the subscribe / index.html does not get stored in My Sql, instead they come up as blank.
So I am guessing I can't have two "post" method maybe??
If someone could guide me in the right direction that would be much appreciate. Thanks.

I guess you are at your learning stage. So, I will suggest you to have a check for POST method being called on the page which receives the post.
Example: in your subscribe.php
you should have :
<input class = "button" type = "submit" value = "Subscribe" name = "subscribe" />
in send.php
you must do:
if(!isset($_POST['subscribe'])
{
header('location: subscribe.html');
}
You must use isset for your pages.
If you could display your delete.php, perhaps I can edit this post and assist you further but, so far... A check is required and you can use as many forms as many you like (even on one page) but, make sure they all have different id/names.
Your delete.php script should be:
<?php
require ('connection.php'); // User require for important functions so that if not found, it throws fatal error
$email = $_POST['email_remove'];
// Check for isset POST
$query = "DELETE from form_data WHERE email = '".$email."'";
if(mysql_query($query)){ echo "deleted";} else{ echo "fail";}
?>
your delete.php seems OK to me.
Can add the following to Line 2
echo "";
print_r($_POST);
and post array in comments?

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