how to echo out search results to another page - php

Question

#Evan trying to echo out 0 results on to the newpage.php also how can i define the $searchQuery from newpage.php... it seems like i have to rewrite all of the code onto the newpage.php ... is there a way to just to form action to another page?
<?php
session_start();
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
include_once("db_connects.php");
$queryArray = array();
$goodQuery = true;
$search_output = "";
if(isset($_POST['searchquery']) && $_POST['searchquery'] != ""){
$searchquery = preg_replace('#[^a-z 0-9?!]#i', '', $_POST['searchquery']);
{
$sqlCommand = "(SELECT id, links, page_body, page_title AS title FROM pages WHERE MATCH (page_title,page_body) AGAINST ('$searchquery'))";
}
$query = mysql_query($sqlCommand) or die(mysql_error());
$count = mysql_num_rows($query);
if($count > 1){
$search_output .= "<hr />$count results for <strong>$searchquery</strong><hr />";
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)){
$queryArray[] = $row;
}
}
else {
$goodQuery = false;
$_SESSION['error'] = true;
header("Location: newpage.php");
}
if($goodQuery){
$_SESSION['search_output'] = $queryArray;
header("Location: newpage.php");
exit;
}
else{
echo $search_output;
}
}
?>
This is the code on the newpage.php once it is header away..
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['error'])){
$search_output = "<hr />0 results for <strong>$searchquery</strong><hr />";
} else {
foreach($_SESSION['search_output'] as $value){
$value['links'];
$value['title'];
$value['page_body'];
$title = $value['title'];
$link = $value['links'];
$body = $value['page_body'];
$search_output .= "<a href='".$link."'>".$title."</a> - $body<br>";
}
}
?>
<div>
<?php echo $search_output; ?>
</div>

Answer 1

You're going to want to store the query results in an array. Once you have done that you can use header in php to bring the user to a new page. Once the user is on the new page you can echo back the results of the query (which is now stored in the $_SESSION):
First, create an array:
$queryArray = array();
Second, query the database and store each row in the array we just created
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
$queryArray[] = $row;
} // close while
Third, move the array to the SESSION variable:
$_SESSION['search_output'] = $queryArray;
Fourth, move the user to the new page:
header("Location: newpage.php");
Lastly, echo out your data:
foreach($_SESSION['search_output'] as $value){
echo $value;
}
EDIT: Update with full code:
<?php
session_start();
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
include_once("db_connects.php");
$queryArray = array();
$goodQuery = true;
$search_output = "";
if(isset($_POST['searchquery']) && $_POST['searchquery'] != ""){
$searchquery = preg_replace('#[^a-z 0-9?!]#i', '', $_POST['searchquery']);
$sqlCommand = "(SELECT id, links, page_body, page_title AS title FROM pages WHERE MATCH enter code here(page_title,page_body) AGAINST ('$searchquery'))";
}
$query = mysql_query($sqlCommand) or die(mysql_error());
$count = mysql_num_rows($query);
if($count > 1){
$search_output .= "<hr />$count results for <strong>$searchquery</strong><hr />";
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
$queryArray[] = $row;
}
}
else {
$goodQuery = false;
$search_output = "<hr />0 results for <strong>$searchquery</strong><hr />";
}
if($goodQuery){
$_SESSION['search_output'] = $queryArray;
header("Location: newpage.php");
exit;
}
else{
echo $search_output;
}
?>
Now, on the newpage.php:
You now need to get the results from your query (which are stored in the SESSION). You can do this by looping through the SESSION:
session_start(); // Make sure you add this at the top of the page
foreach($_SESSION['search_output'] as $value){
echo $value;
}