I am working on assignment using PHP and MYSQL.
One of the tasks is to search for any combination of fields. This includes pop-ups populated from the database. and text fields.
t2ath contains
ID
SPORT
COUNTRY
GENDER
FIRSTNAME
LASTNAME
Image
I have been working on this code for a week to be able to search in any combination without errors.
I am wondering if there is an even more efficient way to do this.
$selectedSport = $_POST['sport']; $gender =$_POST['gender']; $fName =$_POST['fname']; $lName =$_POST['lname']; $country =$_POST['country'];
$sql_fName=""; $sql_lName=""; $sql_gender=""; $sql_sport=""; $sql_country="";
$checkFiled=False;
$where="";
$and="";
if ( $selectedSport=="showAll")
{
!isset($selectedSport);
}
else
{
if (isset($selectedSport))
{
if ($checkFiled==True)
{
$sql_sport = " AND t2ath.sport = '$selectedSport'" ;
}
else
{
$sql_sport = " t2ath.sport = '$selectedSport' " ;
$checkFiled=True;
}
}
else {
$sql_sport = "";
}
}
if ( $country =="showAll")
{
!isset($country);
}
else
{
if (isset($country))
{
if ($checkFiled ==True)
{
$sql_country = " AND t2ath.country = '$country'" ;
}
else
{
$sql_country = " t2ath.country = '$country' " ;
$checkFiled=True;
}
}
else {
$sql_country = "";
}
}
if ( $gender=="Gender")
{
!isset($gender);
}
else
{
if (isset($gender))
{
if ($checkFiled ==True)
{
$sql_gender = " AND t2ath.gender = '$gender'" ;
}
else
{
$sql_gender = " t2ath.gender = '$gender' " ;
$checkFiled=True;
}
}
else {
$sql_gender = "";
}
}
if ($fName =="")
{
!isset($fName);
}
else
{
if (isset($fName))
{
if ($checkFiled==True)
{
$sql_fName = " AND t2ath.firstName = '$fName'" ;
}
else
{
$sql_fName = " t2ath.firstName = '$fName' " ;
$checkFiled=True;
}
}
else {
$sql_fName = "";
}
}
if ($lName =="")
{
!isset($lName);
}
else
{
if (isset($lName))
{
if ($checkFiled==True)
{
$sql_lName = " AND t2ath.lastName = '$lName' " ;
}
else
{
$sql_lName = " t2ath.lastName = '$lName' " ;
$checkFiled=True;
}
}
else
{
$sql_lName = "";
}
}
if ($checkFiled == True)
$where=" where ";
$selectString = "SELECT t2ath.lastName,t2ath.firstName,t2ath.image,t2ath.sport,t2ath.gender,t2ath.country,t2country.flag FROM t2ath LEFT JOIN t2country
ON t2ath.country = t2country.name $where $sql_sport $sql_country $sql_gender $sql_fName $sql_lName ";
$result = mysql_query($selectString);
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