<?php
mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die("could not connect.");
mysql_select_db($dbname) or die("could not find database.");
$result = "";
//collect info from database
if(isset($_POST['search'])&& $_POST['search'] != "")) {
$searchq = $_POST['search'];
$searchq = preg_replace("#[^0-9a-z]#i","",$searchq);
//SQL query
$query = mysql_query("SELECT name FROM institutes WHERE category1 LIKE '%".$searchq."%' OR category2 LIKE '%".$searchq."%' OR category3 LIKE '%".$searchq."%' OR category4 LIKE '%".$searchq."%' OR category5 LIKE '%".$searchq."%'");
$count = mysql_num_rows($query);
if($count == 0)
{
$output = "There's no search result";
}
else {
while($row= mysql_fetch_assoc($query))
{
echo $row['name'];
}
}
}
?>