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Asked: 2026-06-10T06:17:23+00:00

I am a beginner in Mysql Php. I want to make a search box

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I am a beginner in Mysql Php. I want to make a search box which can find a row containing searching multiple words of a table in mysql. I have got a script via internet which is given below. When i type multiple words it show the row which have minimum a searching word. But I want that it will only show the row which have searching multiple words. Please Help me.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang='en'>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV='Content-Type' CONTENT='text/html; charset=UTF-8'/>
<title>Page title</title>
<style type="text/css">
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border: solid 1px black;
}
td {
padding: 2px 6px;
border: solid 1px black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form action='<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>' method='post'>
<p>Search for: <input type='text' name='search' size='20'
maxlength='64'></p>
<p><input type='submit' value='Search'></p>
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['search']))
{
$connx = mysql_connect('localhost', '*****', '*****') or
die("connx");
$db = mysql_select_db('test') or die(mysql_error());
# convert to upper case, trim it, and replace spaces with "|":
$search = (ini_get('magic_quotes_gpc')) ?
stripslashes($_POST['search']) :
$_POST['search'];
$search = mysql_real_escape_string($search);
$search = strtoupper(preg_replace('/\s+/', '|',
trim($_POST['search'])));
# create a MySQL REGEXP for the search:
$regexp = "REGEXP '[[:<:]]($search)[[:>:]]'";
$query = "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE UPPER(`description`) $regexp
OR ".
"`name` $regexp";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die($query . " - " .
mysql_error());
echo "<table>\n";
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
foreach($row as $key => $value)
{
echo "<td>$value</td>";
}
echo "</tr>\n";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Here’s one option:

    $search = explode(" ", $_POST['search']);
$description = "";
$name = "";
foreach($search AS $s)
{
    $description .= "`description` LIKE '%".mysql_real_escape_string($s)."%' AND ";
    $name .= "`name` LIKE '%".mysql_real_escape_string($s)."%' AND ";
}

$description = substr($description, 0, -4);
$name = substr($name, 0, -4);

$query = "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE ($description) OR ($name)";

    If your search term was something like “Doctor John” your query would look like this:

    SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE (`description` LIKE '%Doctor%' AND `description` LIKE '%John%') OR (`name` LIKE '%Doctor%' AND `name` LIKE '%John%')

    which obviously makes BOTH words a requirement in either the description or name field.
    Is this like what you were looking for?

    PS – look into the PDO library for PHP. mysql_ functions are too old to be considered standard anymore. They will work, but you should upgrade.

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