OK, this is a really newb question, so apologies in advance.
In effect, I would like a user to click on (or enter) a URL (i.e. mydomain.com/search.php?u=cheap tvs.
The resulting page would be on my domain (i.e. mydoamin.com/searchresults.php) and contain the search results from say Google. I have a manual, but really struggling in the basics here.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Andrew
Have a look at parse_url() (http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php) - it separates the URL into its component parts.
Here's 2 very basic ways you could use.
Method 1 in a text link:
<?
if(isset($_POST['Search']))
{
$value = $_POST['value'];
?>
<a href="nextpage.php.php?value=<?php echo $value ?>"><?php echo $value ?></a>
<?
}
else
{
?>
<form name="form" method="post" action="">
Search:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Company Code</td>
<td>
<select name="value">
<option value="0" selected>Select</option>
<option value="Cheap TV">Cheap TV</option>
<option value="Cheap Radio">Cheap Radio</option>
<option value="Cheap Car">Cheap Car</option>
<option value="Cheap Grls">Cheap Grls</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="Submit" name="Search" value="Search">
</form>
<?
}
?>
Method 2 in a header:
<?
if(isset($_POST['Search']))
{
$value = $_POST['value'];
header("Location: nextpage.php?value=$value");
}
else
{
?>
<form name="form" method="post" action="">
Search:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Company Code</td>
<td>
<select name="value">
<option value="0" selected>Select</option>
<option value="Cheap TV">Cheap TV</option>
<option value="Cheap Radio">Cheap Radio</option>
<option value="Cheap Car">Cheap Car</option>
<option value="Cheap Grls">Cheap Grls</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="Submit" name="Search" value="Search">
</form>
<?
}
?>
Then on the nextpage.php
echo "$value";
SoulAssassin wrote:Then on the nextpage.php
echo "$value";
You mean $_GET['value'] ?