How to make a search engine form to search posts on my website?

[jamesmoore]

Hi,

I have a job board and I am unsure of how to make a search form like other job boards so people can chose their needs then click search to search the posts on a webpage to then show the posts that meet the search criteria.

Thanks,

James

[JKing]

Do you have a database?

A search is performed on a database using a combination of a server side language and some sql to pull data related to the user's input.

[Bharat383]

for searching facility to user you must have to use any server side script as well as database to store details about searching data.

if you are using php ::

<form name="form1" method="post">
<input type="text" name="search_box" value=""> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search Job">
</form>

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$search_text = $_POST['search_box'];

// make query to search
$qry = "select * from job_details where title like '%$search_text%'";
$query = mysql_query($qry) or die(mysql_error());

//fetching or getting details and display it
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
echo "<div>";
echo $row['title'];
echo "</div>";
}
}
?>

Bharat Parmar(Bharat383)