I'm trying to build a search query in PHP and having some trouble.
I need to have an input box which will result in the value of XXXX.
Upon pressing the search button I need the browser to redirect to the URL catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=XXXX
I know this is probably very simple question but if anyone can help that would be great.
<form action="catalogsearch/advanced/result" method="GET">
<input type="text" name="name" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
Use a simple form?
This will automatically append the "?name=<value_from_input>" on to the URL and move along to the desired page.
On the server-side, and assuming this is either a url rewrite or a destination page, you'll be able to access the variable using:
<?php
// other code
$search_value = $_GET['name'];
// other code
All you have to do is set your form method to get.
<form action="yourscript.php" method="get">
<input type="text" name="name" value="woot" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
Just define method="get"
<form method="get">
<input type="text" id="name" name="name">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
You can make the form using GET but if you want to have control over the process and maybe want to log, do it like this:
header("Location: http://example.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=XXXX");
die();
Um...
All you really need is in the generic forms tutorials.
You are specifically looking for a form with a method of 'GET' and the $_GET variable in PHP
