Show more than one row MySQL - php

Question

My coding id for search results.
I am showing results from a search, at the moment it will only show the first result, how can i make this show all results that match the search?
Here is my code
<?php
$name=$_GET["q"];
if ($name<=""){echo( "");
}
else
{
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","cl49-XXX","XXX");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: line 513 ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("cl49-xxx", $con)or die( "Unable to select database");
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products WHERE `prodname` LIKE '$name%' ")or die('Error: Line 519 ('.mysql_error().')' );
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$prodID=$row['prodID'];
$prodname=$row['prodname'];
$catagory=$row['catagory'];
}
echo"
<div class='row-fluid portfolio-block'>
<div class='span5 portfolio-text'>
<img src='userpics/$prodID.jpg' height='80' width='80' alt='' />
<div class='portfolio-text-info'>
<h4>$prodname</h4>
<p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span5'>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
Product ID
<span>$prodID</span>
</div>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
catagory
<span>$catagory</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span2 portfolio-btn'>
<a href='edit_product.php?q=$prodID' class='btn bigicn-only'><span>View</span></a>
</div>
</div> ";
?>
Any help would be great!

Answer 1

Use while loop like this: while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { }
<?php
$name = $_GET["q"];
if ($name <= "") {
echo ("");
}
else {
$con = mysql_connect("localhost", "cl49-XXX", "XXX");
if (!$con) {
die('Could not connect: line 513 ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("cl49-xxx", $con) or die("Unable to select database");
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products WHERE `prodname` LIKE '$name%' ") or die('Error: Line 519 (' . mysql_error() . ')');
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$prodID = $row['prodID'];
$prodname = $row['prodname'];
$catagory = $row['catagory'];
echo "
<div class='row-fluid portfolio-block'>
<div class='span5 portfolio-text'>
<img src='userpics/$prodID.jpg' height='80' width='80' alt='' />
<div class='portfolio-text-info'>
<h4>$prodname</h4>
<p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span5'>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
Product ID
<span>$prodID</span>
</div>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
catagory
<span>$catagory</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span2 portfolio-btn'>
<a href='edit_product.php?q=$prodID' class='btn bigicn-only'><span>View</span></a>
</div>
</div> ";
}
}
?>

Answer 2

you have to loop through you results like this:
while($row = mysel_fetch_array($result)){
$prodID = $row['prodID'];
$prodname = $row['prodname'];
$catagory = $row['catagory'];
echo "
<div class='row-fluid portfolio-block'>
<div class='span5 portfolio-text'>
<img src='userpics/$prodID.jpg' height='80' width='80' alt='' />
<div class='portfolio-text-info'>
<h4>$prodname</h4>
<p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span5'>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
Product ID
<span>$prodID</span>
</div>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
catagory
<span>$catagory</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span2 portfolio-btn'>
<a href='edit_product.php?q=$prodID' class='btn bigicn-only'><span>View</span></a>
</div>
</div> ";
}
Still this is quite messy, and even worse, deprecated. Try to switch to mysqli_* functions or PDO. And think about capsulating code in classes or at least functions to clean up things a little bit.

Answer 3

first you need to find how many lines of code are there in $result...$numberofrows = mysql_num_rows($result) and then make cycle, for example for ($i =0; $i<$numberofrows; $i++) and then you need to echo all the rows you get in the cycle
by the way...using function mysql_* is deprecated, so you rather use PDO or mysqli...

Answer 4

Do your $row assignment in a while block, something like this
<?php
$name=$_GET["q"];
if ($name<=""){echo( "");
}else {
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","cl49-XXX","XXX");
if (!$con) {
die('Could not connect: line 513 ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("cl49-xxx", $con)or die( "Unable to select database");
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products WHERE `prodname` LIKE '$name%' ")or die('Error: Line 519 ('.mysql_error().')' );
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$prodID=$row['prodID'];
$prodname=$row['prodname'];
$catagory=$row['catagory'];
echo"
<div class='row-fluid portfolio-block'>
<div class='span5 portfolio-text'>
<img src='userpics/$prodID.jpg' height='80' width='80' alt='' />
<div class='portfolio-text-info'>
<h4>$prodname</h4>
<p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span5'>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
Product ID
<span>$prodID</span>
</div>
<div class='portfolio-info'>
catagory
<span>$catagory</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class='span2 portfolio-btn'>
<a href='edit_product.php?q=$prodID' class='btn bigicn-only'><span>View</span></a>
</div>
</div> ";
}
}
?>