all files are php .... Website with the search box in the main site and the search engine is the iframe site

This is the code for the top of the website search box

<input name="search" class="search" type="text" value="under construction..." onfocus="if(this.value == 'under construction...'){this.value = '';}"/>

The search engine is on the website in iframe

code:

<p><iframe src ="http://testsite2.comze.com/test/search" width="100%" height="580" frameBorder="0">
<p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>
</iframe></p>

The form code in the http://testsite2.comze.com/test/search/index.phpfor the iframe

<form action='index.php' method='get'>
<center><h2>Search</h2><br />

<input type='text' name='query' size='50' value='<?php echo $query; ?>' />
<br />
<input type='submit' value='Search!' />
</center>
</form>

How can i get to where someone types in the top search box and the results show in the results page from the search engine in iframe

Image:

You can use Ajax instead of iframe. It easiest way, imho.

In any way, you also can get any data from iframe using DOM.
document.getElementById('iframe_id').document.<any parameter like in usual page>

i'm lost sorry so how would i do that

As a simple solution, simply add a target to your search function, ensure you give your iframe an ID.

PHP Code:

<p><iframe id="myiframe" src=http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://www.webmaster-talk.com/"http://testsite2.comze.com/test/search" width="100%" height="580" frameBorder="0">
<p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>
</iframe></p> 


Then on your search function

PHP Code:


<form action="index.php" method="get" target="myiframe">
<center><h2>Search</h2><br />

<input type='text' name='query' size='50' value='<?php echo $query; ?>' />
<br />
<input type='submit' value='Search!' />
</center>
</form>

Should do the trick.

Cheers,
Andy

Thanks for the reply ... Works great , but how do you get the main site search box on top to show the results in the iframe search area

After typing in the search box on top right of the site and hitting enter the results show up on the main search site and not in the iframe.

All files are php ....

I have a project to do for this company and on the main website I have to get this to work. The site layout has a search box on the top right http://testsite2.comze.com/test and they have a page called business directory http://testsite2.comze.com/test/businessdirectory.php and its iframe with this site http://testsite2.comze.com/test/search/index.php

Trying to get it to where when the users type in the search box on the top right it will show the results in the iframe of the other site business directory on the iframe middle of the main site.

When u type in "ho" and click enter it takes you to the search site and show's the results there but trying to get it to show the results in the same site but in the iframe. (only business Directory search box is working to try it)

The code for the search box on main layout is:

<form action="./search/index.php" method="get" target="myiframe">
<input name="query" class="search" type="text" value='<?php echo $query; ?>' "/>
</form>

The code for the businessdirectory.php that holds the link for the site to be iframe is:

<p><iframe id="myiframe"  src ="http://testsite2.comze.com/test/search" width="100%" height="580" frameBorder="0">
  <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>
</iframe></p>

This is the code for the search site thats the iframe site:

<?php
    $query = mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['query']);
    ?>
    <form action='index.php' method='get' id="myiframe">
    <center><h2>Search</h2><br />
    
    <input type='text' name='query' size='50' value='<?php echo $query; ?>' />
    <br />
    <input type='submit' value='Search!' />
    </center>
    </form>

The code for the results thats in iframe from the search site:

<?php
    


if($query != ''){
    $per_page = 10;


    $start = $_GET['start'];

    //count records
    $record_count = mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM businesses WHERE keywords LIKE '%$query%'"));
   
      if($record_count == 0){
echo "No records found";
}
    
    //count max pages
    $max_pages = $record_count / $per_page; //may come out as decimal

    if (!$start)
       $start = 0;
       
    //display data
    $get = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM businesses WHERE keywords LIKE '%$query%' LIMIT $start, $per_page");
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($get))
    {
     // get data
     $name = $row['name'];
     $description = $row['description'];
     $id = $row['id'];
     
     
     echo "<b><a href='business.php?id=$id'>".$name."</a></b>";
     echo "<br />";
     echo $description;
     echo "<br /><br />";
     

    }

    //setup prev and next variables
    $prev = $start - $per_page;
    $next = $start + $per_page;

    //show prev button
    echo "<br /><br />";
    if (!($start<=0))
           echo "<a href='index.php?start=$prev&query=$query'>Prev</a> ";

    //show page numbers

    //set variable for first page
    $i=1;

    for ($x=0;$x<$record_count;$x=$x+$per_page)
    {
     if ($start!=$x)
        echo " <a href='index.php?start=$x&query=$query'>$i</a> ";
     else
        echo " <a href='index.php?start=$x&query=$query'><b>$i</b></a> ";
     $i++;
    }

    //show next button
    if (!($start>=$record_count-$per_page))
           echo " <a href='index.php?start=$next&query=$query'>Next</a>";
}
?>