Question

Here is my scenario, All things were working fine ,based on what I enter in the search form the appropriate image was displayed. But since I have added that auto suggest feature on my site, it seems like whatever I write in search box and presses search, I think my input form is not sending data to php. beacuse even if I type something in form, Still this condition is getting false.
( $name contains the value user inputs):

if(!empty($name))

Here is my html form:

<form class="searchform" action="webpage.php" method="POST">
<input class="searchfield autosuggest" type="text"  placeholder="Search for a name " onFocus="if (this.value == 'Search...') {this.value = '';}" onBlur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Search...';}" />
<input class="searchbutton" type="submit" value="Go" />
</form>

The latest script I added for auto suggest is this :

  //Autosuggest starts here


$(document).ready(function(){
$('.autosuggest').keyup(function(){


var search_term= $(this).attr('value');
$.post('search.php',{search_term:search_term},function(data){

    $('.results').html(data);

    $('.results li').click(function(){
        var result_value = $(this).text();
        $('.autosuggest').attr('value',result_value);
        $('.results').html('');
    });

});

});
});

</script> 

Finally this is another search.php file for querying through the database for autosuggest :

if(isset($_POST['search_term'])== true && empty($_POST['search_term'])== false)
{
    $search_term = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['search_term']);
    $query = mysql_query("select * from user_info where Name LIKE '$search_term%'");

    while(($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($query))!== false)
    {
    echo '<li>'.$rows['Name'].'</li>';
    }
}

Now the auto suggest is working but not the main site. Could it be a positioning issue of my image or php not receiving data from my input form ?

Answer 1

you should add name attribute to your input box