Let me begin by saying I'm pretty much a complete newbie when it comes to PHP. I normally develop websites with HTML and css, not so much PHP.
We have an online product database that our customers can search to find surplus products, however; many people dislike the current site and believe it isn't as functional and user friendly as it could be. So, I was directed to redesign it even though I lack sufficient knowledge of PHP. I took on the challenge though because I enjoy learning. My boss has been expecting this site to be completely functional but I have not been able to figure out this piece even after searching google and reading tutorials. We have someone who manages our online product database/website for us and understands PHP but he is SO hard to get a hold of and really never has time for me. If he did have time I wouldn't need to be reaching out like I am now.
I am trying to develop an easy search function for a database I've created through PHPmaker from the homepage. I can search the database just fine on my products.php page which houses the database through PHPmaker's generated search field, but I want a quick search function on the home page that will allow them to search either manufacturer, part #, or any basic keyword and then input the field value into the URL with the keyword/manufacturer/part#
So then it would look like this:
http://www.idealsurplussales.com/test/products.php?t=product_templates&psearch=KEYWORDGOESHERE&Submit=Search+%28*%29&psearchtype=
Or maybe to rephrase the question, I need to search a database by different fields from a page that the database is not hosted on, maybe there is a better way to go about this, any advice would be appreciated.
You can see the site here:
www.idealsurplussales.com/test/index.html
Thanks again!
