highlighting search results in php/mysql
- by fusion
how do i highlight search results from mysql query using php?
this is my code:
$search_result = "";
$search_result = $_GET["q"];
$result = mysql_query('SELECT cQuotes, vAuthor, cArabic, vReference FROM thquotes WHERE cQuotes LIKE "%' . $search_result .'%" ORDER BY idQuotes DESC', $conn)
or die ('Error: '.mysql_error());
function h($s) {
echo htmlspecialchars($s, ENT_QUOTES);
}
?>
<div class="center_div">
<table>
<caption>Search Results</caption>
<?php while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)) { ?>
<tr>
<td style="text-align:right; font-size:15px;"><?php h($row['cArabic']) ?></td>
<td style="font-size:16px;"><?php h($row['cQuotes']) ?></td>
<td style="font-size:12px;"><?php h($row['vAuthor']) ?></td>
<td style="font-size:12px; font-style:italic; text-align:right;"><?php h($row['vReference']) ?></td>
</tr>
<?php } ?>
</table>
</div>
