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ok can anybody give me an example of a search form in flash mx or 2004 with some combo and text boxes to search MySQL database using PHP.......and have the results look like this : [ Register or login to view links on this board.] ........
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Ok, so here's the flash side of it:

Create a comboBox with ID "combobox" (no quotes), and an Input Text wth ID "input" (no quotes). Now, add a button with ID "search" (no quotes). Now, all those should be on the same frame (layers don't matter). Once that is done, think about what you're going to be sending. Is it sensative info? Probably not. So the search criteria can be in the URL. So from that, we can now code the rest of the flash.

Add a layer and name it Actions (if you don't have one already). On the frame that the movie stops AND all the input/combobox/button objects are viewable, add this code:

choice = new Object();
choice.change = function(){
    $combo = this.selectedItem.data;
}
combobox.addEventListener("change", choice);

search.onRelease = function(){
    $input = input.text;
    getURL("http://www.domain.com/path/to/script.php?combobox="+combo+"&text="+$input);
}


That should work to send the variables to a php script via the URL.

Then just set up your PHP page to grab the varaibles/strings from the URL and itterate through the Database to pull the records that match the query.

<?php
$combo = $_REQUEST['combobox'];
$text = $_REQUEST['text'];

$sql = "SELECT * FROM `table_name` WHERE combo='$combo' AND text='$text' ORDER BY id DESC";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
echo '<table border="1" width="100%">';
while($out = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    /* Set up table and echo through it */
    echo '<tr><td>'.$out['id'].'</td>'
          .'<td>'.$out['title'].'</td>'
          .'<td>'.$out['post_date'].'</td>'
          .'<td>'.$out['description'].'</td>'
          .'</tr>';
}
echo '</table>';
?>


But, you can pull whatever variables you want from teh database. If you know php, you can easily modify the script as needed.

~Brett
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ok thanks for the input, now can u tell me how i can fix this if i give u all the info for my search page can u help me fix it......i was almost there....can u give me ur email i can send it there
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unfortunately I dont' have the time to do that.

If you tell me what problems you're having, I'll be glad to help you work through them.


Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and he'll eat for life.


I'm not going to hand you your finished product, but I will help you get to it.

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