try this out let me know what happens.
Form:
<form action="form.php" method="post"> Search: <input type="text" name="term" /><br /> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form>
Form.php:
$term = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['term']);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM liam WHERE Description LIKE '%".$term."%'";
$r_query = mysql_query($sql);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($r_query)){
echo 'Primary key: ' .$row['PRIMARYKEY'];
echo '<br /> Code: ' .$row['Code'];
echo '<br /> Description: '.$row['Description'];
echo '<br /> Category: '.$row['Category'];
echo '<br /> Cut Size: '.$row['CutSize'];
}
Edit: Cleaned it up a little more.
Final Cut (my test file):
<?php
$db_hostname = 'localhost';
$db_username = 'demo';
$db_password = 'demo';
$db_database = 'demo';
// Database Connection String
$con = mysql_connect($db_hostname,$db_username,$db_password);
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db($db_database, $con);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
Search: <input type="text" name="term" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
<?php
if (!empty($_REQUEST['term'])) {
$term = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['term']);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM liam WHERE Description LIKE '%".$term."%'";
$r_query = mysql_query($sql);