search php mysql code example
Example 1: php mysql search database and display results
<?php
$con= new mysqli("localhost","root","","Employee");
$name = $_post['search'];
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
$result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE '%{$name}%' OR last_name LIKE '%{$name}%'");
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['first_name'] . " " . $row['last_name'];
echo "<br>";
}
mysqli_close($con);
?>
Example 2: php sql search form
<?php
$localhost = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "samueldb";
$con = new mysqli($localhost, $username, $password, $dbname);
if( $con->connect_error){
die('Error: ' . $con->connect_error);
}
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users";
if( isset($_GET['search']) ){
$name = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, htmlspecialchars($_GET['search']));
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE firstname ='$name'";
}
$result = $con->query($sql);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Basic Search form using mysqli</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<label>Search</label>
<form action="" method="GET">
<input type="text" placeholder="Type the name here" name="search">
<input type="submit" value="Search" name="btn" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">
</form>
<h2>List of students</h2>
<table class="table table-striped table-responsive">
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>First name</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Address</th>
<th>Contact</th>
</tr>
<?php
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()){
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $row['user_id']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['firstname']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['lastname']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['address']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $row['contact']; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Example 3: search function using php for database entries
$result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM employees
WHERE first_name LIKE '%{$name}%' OR last_name LIKE '%{$name}%'");
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $row['first_name'] . " " . $row['last_name'];
echo "<br>";
}
mysqli_close($con);
?>