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Asked: 2026-06-02T16:05:52+00:00

I have been trying to build a basic search script. Having a lot of

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I have been trying to build a basic search script. Having a lot of trouble. I need the search form and search result to be two separate pages. The script is not working.

The search script is taking me to the search_result page, but the inputs are empty.

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<html>
<body>

<form action="search_result.php" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="reg" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

</html>
</body>

PAGE 2:

<html>
<body>


<?php
$host="localhost";
$username="XXXXXXXXXXX";
$password="XXXXXXXXXXX";
$db_name="XXXXXXXXXXXX";
$tbl_name="reg_add";
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password") or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");


$record = $_POST['record']; // if coming from e.g. a form
$result=mysql_query(" SELECT * FROM reg_add WHERE reg='" . mysql_real_escape_string($record) . "'");


$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$first_name = $row['first_name'];
$last_name = $row['last_name'];
$reg = $row['reg'];
?>



<input  name="reg" value="<? echo "$record" ?>">

<input  name="first_name" value="<? echo "$first_name" ?>">

<input  name="last_name" value="<? echo "$last_name" ?>">

</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Looks like you are looking for $_POST['record'] but passing through $_GET['reg']

    Other than that the search isn’t very good, it’ll only find it if the exact reg is found, is that what you require?

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