Posted by Harold Ralston on 06/18/62 11:47

I have a page that searches my database for instances of the surname
submitted through a POST form.

http://www.ralstongenealogy.com/waterfordquery.php

If a viewer submits it with the surname data blank empty, it brings
up the entire data base to my results web page.

I don't want this to happen. Instead I want to tell the viewer to
submit a valid surname and show no results.

So far I have this and want to add code that will not bring up any
data to the results page. What do I need to add?

Thanks for any help. Harold Ralston

<?php
if(empty($surname))
{
echo "Please enter valid surname.";
}
?>

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