mysql_query

[CreativeForce]

i have a simple form with input fields, one for title $_GET['title']=$title, year $_GET['year']=$year, from_year $_GET['from_year']=$from_year, to_year $_GET['to_year']=$to_year.

i then wish to make a search.

$query="SELECT * FROM mydb WHERE title LIKE '%$title%' AND year '%$year%'"

works great!

it's when i try to add year range that messes things up.

how do i write my mysql_query with the year range?

edit. when year range is used $year will be blank and vice versa

[chazzy]

WHERE year BETWEEN $from_year AND $to_year

[CreativeForce]

thanks, but that doesn't really take the other conditions into considerations does it?

i want to merge your query with the existing query "SELECT * FROM mydb WHERE title LIKE '%$title%' AND year '%$year%'"

if i'm not explaining it right ask me and i'll try harder.

please give me suggestions how to solve my little problem.

[pollymac]

Does that actually work?:
$query="SELECT * FROM mydb WHERE title LIKE '%$title%' AND year '%$year%'"

Anyway, if I'm picking this up right, you want either a title and exact year for a search OR two years (from and to)??

SELECT * 
FROM mydb 
WHERE (title LIKE '%$title%' AND year '%$year%') 
OR (theYear BETWEEN '%$year1%' AND '%$year2%')

Is this any help?

[CreativeForce]

sorry a little too quick for my own good there.

$query="SELECT * FROM mydb WHERE title LIKE '%$title%' AND year '%$year%'" IS WRONG.

$query="SELECT * FROM mydb WHERE title LIKE '%$title%' AND year LIKE '%$year%'" is correct. thanks

about your reply thanks! and yes you're correct that is what i want

when $title isset, and $year, $from_year and $to_year is not. it works!
when $year isset, and $title, $from_year and $to_year is not. it works!
when $title and $year isset, and $from_year and $to_year is not. it works!

this is basically what my query does and what i have come so far.
now when i add your part to it. (theYear BETWEEN '%$year1%' AND '%$year2%')
when $title and $from_year and $to_year isset, and $year is not. it KINDA work! (because it returns $titles that are outside of $from_year and $to_year)

i hope i'm making sense for you guys