Question

I am trying to create a search form with php and mysql and do a pagination

so i have a form that looks like this:

<form action="search_results.php" method="post">
                        <select name="cat" id="cat">
                            <option>Select Category</option>
                            <?php
                            foreach($categories as $category) {
                            echo "<option value=\"{$category -> name}\">{$category -> name}</option>";
                            }
                            ?>
                        </select>
                        <select name="sub-cat" id="sub-cat">
                            <option>Select Sub Category</option>
                        </select>
                        <label>Price Range</label>
                        <input type="text" name="from" placeholder="From" />
                        <input type="text" name="to" placeholder="To" />
                        <input type="submit" value="" name="submit" />
                    </form>

my problem is that i get the first page in the search_result.php

and when i try to go to the second page the $_POST[‘submit’] wouldn’t be set because it didn’t get any submit

anybody has an idea how to solve this issue

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You should probably use GET in this case for the form and for the subsequent pagination links for the very reason that you specified.

POST is better used as a one off action where GET is a request for resources which can be filtered and hacked.

search_results.php?cat=1&sub-cat=2&page=2

search_results.php?cat=1&sub-cat=2&page=3

search_results.php?cat=1&sub-cat=2&page=4

search_results.php?cat=1&sub-cat=2&page=5