Posted by Chris Newman on 07/31/06 11:11

i am developing a web based database using PHP and mySQL.

Want the search interface to display a message "No results found" if search
unsuccessful .

Here's how I was proposing to accomplish this.

Two PHP scripts

(A) A search interface mainly html with embedded PHP block that displays a
search form.
(B) An PHP script that is invoked

Inside the second script (B) I will test if no rows returned (no results
found). If this is the case I will invoke the search page (A) and pass a
parameter to the script. This will set a variable in the PHP block to echo
(display) "No results found" .

Does this seem a reasonable solution?

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