Easy scripting!?

Christo · 23 Feb 2006 at 17:53

Basically I have a php scripted site, and a recently designed 'front page' and what I want to do is link up the search function on the front page to the actual site. Would this be a difficult to do with no knowledge of scripting myself??

Thanks guys

Chris

Augmented · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:24

Possibly.

Does the existing PHP-scripted site have search functionality? If so, you can simply point the front-page form at the relevant script, with the right values, and return its result. That would be very simple to do. Point the form's action attribute to the search script, and name the form input value/s the same as the one the script is expecting - that will only involve modifying the markup.

If not, then you'll have quite a task ahead of you enabling native search functionality from the front-page i.e. you'll have to build the search 'engine', and then hook up the form to it.

happytechie · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:32

I think you can put a google site search box on quite easily?

HT

Christo · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:55

Hi Augmented, yes the existing php site does have a search function, this is good news. How much do you think I should ask to do this? £5!? I am going to post it on scriptlance. Thanks for help.

Augmented · 23 Feb 2006 at 20:14

It really shouldn't take more than 10 minutes if the code of the search script is available to look at and the form is already there on the front page.

Christo · 24 Feb 2006 at 00:17

Great, thanks for the help

Christo · 28 Feb 2006 at 11:07

I have got someone to do it for me but they keep on asking me for a structure dump of the database. The problem is the php script is dynamic and there is no fixed structure, however I think he might have the wrong end of the stick as all he needs to do is link whatever is typed in to the front page search function as if it has been typed in to the php page search and not build an entirely new search. Am I correct!?