Search form + html link search term to same search page.

I have an 'index.php' page which uses a form to pass a search term to the 'searchresults.php' page.

I use the POST and GET as usual.

$term=$_POST['term'];

PHP:

All works fine.


I'd like to include some text keywords on the 'index.php' page which can also be passed to the 'searchresults.php'

I can use an html link like

<a href="../shop/cat/searchresults.php?term=leather">leather</a>

with the

$term=$_GET['term'];

PHP:

But i'm having trouble using both at the same time.

Can anyone help me find a solution?

 

I've found a fix by using REQUEST instead of both POST and GET

Brilliant

 

if you still haven't found the solution

if ($_POST['term']) $term = $_POST['term'];
else $term = $_GET['term'];

Hope that helps

 

Thanks Suryawl

It seems $_REQUEST is doing the job

REQUEST: An associative array that by default contains the contents of $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE.