Frequently Searched Words

joon

I have a search engine.
The code is somewhat like this.

<select name=item>
<option value="0">total</option>
<option value="1">children</option>
<option value="2">female</option>
<option value="3">male</option>
</select>

</FORM>

I didn't make the database, but the database and the above search box is well worked.

For example, if I enter the word "toy" in the search box and click the search button, the SearchList .php page will show all the data that include the word "toy".

So far that is normal search box.
But I want to put another thing.

Since some words are very frequently searched by users,
I like to make some button for the popular searched words.

For example,
Because "toy" is one of the most frequently searched word,
I made next script.

But the script doesn't work correctly.
If I click the button "toy", the SearchList.php page will show all the data regardless of including the word "toy".

I like to make the Searchlist.php page to show only the data that include the words "toy".

Help!!!

xblue

since you haven't posted the code that is processing the information, I can't know for sure, but the form is send via POST method, and appending to the url as in your link is the same as submitting a form via GET method.

you could try to create forms instead of links, e.g.
<form action="SearchList.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="item" value="toys">
<input type="submit" value="Search for toys">
</form>

joon

Thank you Xblue.
I have some proceeded in the matter with your code.

I've changed your code a little as follow;

It works.
It make the SerchList.php page the list of data that have the word "toy".

But it can't work alone.

It need the selected box.

<select name=item>
<option value="0">total</option>
<option value="1">children</option>
<option value="2">female</option>
<option value="3">male</option>
</select>

</form>

Without the select box, it doesn't work.
I like to remove the select box.

I think there are two ways for removing the select box.

The first way is make the select box invisible, then the option value automatically would be selected as "0" (total).

The second way is put a code that makes the option selected "0" into the submit button.

I don't kno how to do them.

Thanks in Advance

xblue

usually I'd say the processing script will probably require some value from the select box (which would be easy to get around by setting a value in a hidden form field with the same name) - however, both the select box and the input are named 'item', that seems most suspicious to me 😕

guess you need to work through the processing script to understand what it is doing.

joon

Yes, Your suspicious was firmly grounded,
select box and input are named differently, but during of my rewrite on this post, I accidently use the same name.
It was all my fault.
I apologize about that.

I couldn't copy the original code because most of them were
not English(my mother tongue is not English and the site is not
a English site).

I have solved my problem with next code.
Your help was very helpful.

</FORM>

Thank you, Xblue