A simple function to search through a table in a MySQL database. Just fill in the variables when you call the function.           Try it out with ?userquery=i  

By : bigphish

<?php
function searchtable($database,$tablename,$userquery,$host,$user,$pass){
$link = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db($database, $link) or die(mysql_error());
$fields = mysql_list_fields($database, $tablename, $link);
$cols = mysql_num_fields($fields);
$content = "";
for ($i = 0; $i < $cols; $i++) {
$allfields[] = mysql_field_name($fields, $i);
}
foreach ($allfields as $myfield) {
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $tablename WHERE $myfield like '%$userquery%' ");
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0){
$content .= "<h3>search <i>$database</i> for <i>$userquery</i>, found match(es) in <i>$myfield</i>: </h3>\n";
$content .= "<table border=1 align=\"center\">\n\t<tr>\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < $cols; $i++) {
$content .= "\t\t<th";
if ($myfield == mysql_field_name($fields, $i)){
$content .= " bgcolor=\"orange\" ";
}
$content .= ">" . mysql_field_name($fields, $i) . "</th>\n";
}
$content .= "\t</tr>\n";
$myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result);
do {
$content .= "\t<tr>\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < $cols; $i++){
$content .= "\t\t<td";
if (preg_match("/$userquery/i", $myrow[$i])){
$mysplit = preg_split("/($userquery)/i", $myrow[$i], -1,PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
$content .= " bgcolor=\"orange\">";
for ($si=0;$si<count($mysplit);$si++){
if (preg_match("/$userquery/i", $mysplit[$si])){
$content .= "<font color=\"green\"><b>$mysplit[$si]</b></font>";
}else{
$content .= "$mysplit[$si]";
}
}
} else {
$content .= ">$myrow[$i]";
}
$content .= "&nbsp;</td>\n";
}
$content .= "\t</tr>\n";
} while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result));
$content .= "</table>\n";
}
}
mysql_close($link);
return $content;
}

$page_content = searchtable(yourdb,your table,$userquery,yourhost,youruser,yourpass);
echo $page_content;


?>


//Database used as demo on my site

#
# Table structure for table `thistest`
#

CREATE TABLE thistest (
firstname varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
lastname varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
phone varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
city varchar(20) NOT NULL default ''
) TYPE=MyISAM;

#
# Dumping data for table `thistest`
#

INSERT INTO thistest VALUES ('Joe', 'Smith', '(888) 555-1234', 'Mexico City');
INSERT INTO thistest VALUES ('Jane', 'Jiggles', '(888) 555-2345', 'Las Vegas');
INSERT INTO thistest VALUES ('Waldo', 'Wiggum', '(888) 555-3355', 'Tuktoyuktuk');
INSERT INTO thistest VALUES ('Big', 'Phish', '(888) 555-5555', 'San Diego');
INSERT INTO thistest VALUES ('Captian', 'Crunch', '(888) 888-8888', 'Mississippi');

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