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"Calling PHP geeks! Help required with php search script"

I know a few of you speak 'php' as your first language(!) so hopefully you'll be able to help a 'cut-n-paster' :¬)


I have a basic php flatfile search script that I'm trying to modify.
The script works fine for visitors using a free form search but I would like to add some form checkboxes to make it friendlier.

The script uses a variable called 'keyword'.
The freeform search passes single or multiple search terms successfully but the FORM i'm attempting to use with checkboxes only makes use of the last selection.

The form I've created uses duplicate names - 'keyword'


<input type="checkbox" name="keyword"
value="hosting"

<input type="checkbox" name="keyword" value="broadband">broadband


In my ham fisted way I've read that I can change this to "keyword[ ]" and this should create an array. When I try this the script ends up searching for Array !

You can see the problem/code here:
www.hmmm.ip3.co.uk/searchtesting

Using FORM 1 searching for 'hosting broadband' only returns Freeola in the results.

Using FORM 2 selecting both hosting and broadband the script only searches for broadband - only picking up the last keyword.

Any help changing the FORM and/or script would be appreciated :¬)

Thanks.
[s]Hmmm...[/s]

You can blame, stripslashes(). But I'll look into this sometime this week, well I suppose that means either today or tomorrow.

EDIT: I guess I will have to look at this when I get back off holiday, been fairly busy!

I know, it's just my way of wording things :) Gets a lot worse when I'm occupied :D

Warhunt wrote:
> That will be because of lovely PHP. I'll see if we can sort it
> out today. Not urgent I imagine but if it bugs people..... :D


It's not really a matter of it 'bugging' people - it ruins people's code! :¬P


It's been raised in the past - but it would be great if it could be sorted.

[s]Hmmm...[/s]

Ahhhh, now I see. Very early and issues with BT keeping my mind elsewhere :D

That will be because of lovely PHP. I'll see if we can sort it out today. Not urgent I imagine but if it bugs people..... :D

Warhunt wrote:
> I didn't think he had typed two. It's early, forgive me :S

He didn't ;¬)

If you just type one backslash (here's one:) then the forum strips it. To get one to display you have to type two! (here's two:\)






[s]Hmmm...[/s]

I didn't think he had typed two. It's early, forgive me :S

Warhunt wrote:
> Shouldn't have stripped it out. Wonder why it did :S

It's always done it!

Typing two backslashes = 1 \








[s]Hmmm...[/s]

Shouldn't have stripped it out. Wonder why it did :S

I'll take a look.

Thanks Garin - that all works a treat! :¬)












[s]Hmmm...[/s]

Ah, the forums have stripped out a crucial character. This line

$keyword = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/', '', $keyword);

should have a backslash before the s.