PHP noob, FTP Search Engine.

fryguy

I'm a noob to PHP , i know the basics to install and work with some basic PHP. I have a nice PHP FTP search script that uses MySQL DB works nice but it has some code problems still from the origional author.

I have attached the zip of the orgional script if anyone with expertese can help me with the basic search script , just give me pointers to guide me would be best so i can learn trouble shooting skills.

I'm getting the following errors:

Notice: Use of undefined constant PHP_SELF - assumed 'PHP_SELF' in (path to file)search.php on line 6 Notice: Use of undefined constant lng - assumed 'lng' in (path to file)search.php on line 7 Notice: Use of undefined constant word - assumed 'word' in (path to file)search.php on line 8 Notice: Use of undefined constant of - assumed 'of' in (path to file)search.php on line 9 Notice: Undefined index: of in (path to file)search.php on line 9

Notice: Undefined variable: queryLike in (path to file)function.php on line 102 Notice: Undefined variable: queryLike in (path to file)function.php on line 102 Notice: Undefined variable: queryLike in (path to file)function.php on line 122 Notice: Undefined variable: queryLike in (path to file)function.php on line 122

Where would one start to understand whats going on to cause these errors?

Weedpacket

Strings go in quotes. If you don't put them in quotes they look like constants. If PHP doesn't find a constant with that name, it guesses that you left the quotes off of a string, and complains about the apparent mistake.

The other error message: if you use a variable before it's been given a value, PHP complains. This is a safety measure because it usually indicates either sloppy practice or a mistyped variable name. It's also a security measure if you insist on having register_globals turned on.

fryguy

Thank you so much for taking time to have a look at the code. It looks like i have a bit of work to do to fix the problem. Now I'll see if i can fix it myself. :queasy:

fryguy

I got it down to these errors:

Notice: Undefined index: of in (path to file)search.php on line 9

The last one in the search.php must be in the function.php along with the other errors because i can't seem to nail it down yet.

BTW: Weedpacket I got a kick out of your IE-incompatible avatar 😃 I have stopped using IE from the 1.0 pre release of FireFox. Thats when i was blown away and switched for good.