Looks good Tim.
if you're going to do it this way, make sure register_globals is set on in
your php.ini. also you check isset($srch) AND strlen(trim($srch)). in most
cases, both checks won't be necessary. unless you have high error
reporting, and php will complain if you check a variable that hasn't been
set yet.
jerome
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Tim Greenleaf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am very new to PHP about two hours. I have a search page that I post back
to the same URL. When the form is loaded I check to see if the seach
variable is set ($srch is the name of the text box on the form) and then
determine what function to call. I either call a welcome message function
to be printed to the page or a function to search a database and build a
table of results. I have included my script below....My question is: Is
this a good way to handle search forms with PHP? Since I have no examples
to work from I am not sure what the proper way is.
Thanks for the help.
if (isset($srch)){
if (strlen(trim($srch)) > 0) {
$srch = strtoupper(trim($srch));
buildtable($srch);
}
else {
dispwelcome();
}
}
else {
dispwelcome();
}
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