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PHP Search Query for Real Estate Search Box

Asked by jenem in PHP Scripting Language, MySQL Server

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Hi there Experts
Hope someone can assist with this.
I am using a script for a Real Estate site.  The script contains code for a search box with multiple options to select from, i.e. price, bedrooms, city, etc.
It seems to work okay except that I would like the option to search by any categories, types or locations.
I'm not quite sure how to do this - hopefully it is simple to change the existing search function - (snippet attached).  The fields are listingType, listingCategory and listingCity.

Thanks in advance - as always I appreciate any assistance.Start Free Trial 
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function searchListings($pageNo,$listAmount,$keyword,$queryType)
	{
	if($queryType == "adv")//do an 'advanced' search
		{
		$limit = $listAmount;
		if(!isset($_GET['page']))
			{
			$page = 1;
			}else
				{
				$page = $_GET['page'];
				}
		$offset = ($page -1) * $limit;		
		$advSql = "";
		//////////////////build query//////////////////////////
		if($_POST['priceLow'] > 0)
			{
			$advSql .= " and ( ListingsMain.listingPrice >= '".$_POST['priceLow']."' )";
			}
		if($_POST['priceHigh'] > 0)
			{
			$advSql .= " and ( ListingsMain.listingPrice BETWEEN '".$_POST['priceLow']."' AND  '".$_POST['priceHigh']."' ) ";
			}			
		if($_POST['bedroomsHigh'] > 0)
			{
			$advSql .= " and ( bedrooms BETWEEN '".$_POST['bedrooms']."' AND '".$_POST['bedroomsHigh']."' )";
			}elseif($_POST['bedrooms'] > 0)
				{
				$advSql .= " and ( bedrooms >= '".$_POST['bedrooms']."' )";
				}
		if($_POST['bathsHigh'] > 0)
			{
			$advSql .= " and ( totalBaths BETWEEN '".$_POST['baths']."' AND '".$_POST['bathsHigh']."' )";
			}elseif($_POST['baths'] > 0)
				{
				$advSql .= " and ( totalBaths >= '".$_POST['baths']."' )";
				}	
		
		if(!empty($_POST['city']))
			{
			$advSql .= " and ( listingCity LIKE '".$_POST['city']."' )";
			}	
 
		if(!empty($_POST['propertyType']))
			{
			$advSql .= " and ( listingType LIKE '".$_POST['propertyType']."' )";
			}	
		if(!empty($_POST['categoryCode']))
			{
			$advSql .= " and ( listingCategory LIKE '".$_POST['categoryCode']."' )";
			}						
							
		$query = "SELECT ListingsMain.*,ListingDimData.ID,ListingDimData.bedrooms FROM ListingsMain LEFT JOIN ListingDimData ON ListingsMain.ID=ListingDimData.ID WHERE ListingsMain.listingStatus = 'Current' ".$advSql." LIMIT  ".$offset.",".$limit." ";
		$sqlPage = mysql_query("SELECT ListingsMain.*,ListingDimData.ID,ListingDimData.bedrooms FROM ListingsMain LEFT JOIN ListingDimData ON ListingsMain.ID=ListingDimData.ID WHERE ListingsMain.listingStatus = 'Current' ".$advSql."") or die( mysql_error() );
		
		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////		
		$searchQuery = mysql_query($query);	
		$objects = new Create;
		$photos = new Photos;	
		while($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($searchQuery))
			{
			$str = file_get_contents(SCRIPT_PATH."/templates/listingbox.php"); //Grab the template file		
			$str = str_replace("{LISTING_ID}",$rows['listingID'],$str);
			$str = str_replace("{LISTING_NAME}",$rows['listingName'],$str);
			$str = str_replace("{LISTING_CITY}",$objects->whatCity($rows['listingCity']),$str);
			$str = str_replace("{LISTING_STATE}",$objects->whatState($rows['listingState']),$str);
			$str = str_replace("{LISTING_ZIP}",$rows['listingZip'],$str);
			$str = str_replace("{LISTING_PRICE}",number_format($rows['listingPrice']),$str);
			$str = str_replace("{LISTING_BR}",$rows['bedrooms'],$str);
			
			$linkName = ereg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "-", $rows['listingName']);
			$str = str_replace("{photo1}","<a href='details_".$rows['ID']."/".$linkName.".html'>".$photos->singlePhoto($rows['ID'],100,'')."</a>",$str);			
			$results .= $str;						
			}
			
			$nextPrev = file_get_contents(SCRIPT_PATH."/templates/nextprev.php");
			
			foreach($_POST as $key=>$value)
				{
				$hidden .= "<input name='".$key."' type='hidden' value='".$value."'>";
				}
			$nextPrev = str_replace("{hidden}",$hidden,$nextPrev);
			
			$keywords = $objects->whatCity($_POST['city']);
			$keywords .= ", ".$objects->whatType($_POST['propertyType']);
			$keywords .= ", ".$objects->whatCategory($_POST['categoryCode']);
			$pageData = $this->createSearchPage($results,$nextPrev,$keywords);
									
			if(mysql_num_rows($searchQuery) >= $limit)
				{
				$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEFWD}",($_GET['page'] + 1),$pageData);
				}else
					{
					$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEFWD}","1",$pageData);
					}
					
			if($_GET['page']  > 1)
				{
				$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEBACK}",($_GET['page'] - 1),$pageData);
				}else
					{
					$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEBACK}","1",$pageData);
					}
					
			$pageData = str_replace("{results_found}",mysql_num_rows($sqlPage),$pageData);
						
			return $pageData;	
						
		}else //do a 'keyword' search
			{
			$limit = $listAmount;
			if(!isset($_GET['page']))
				{
				$page = 1;
				}else
					{
					$page = $_GET['page'];
					}
			$offset = ($page -1) * $limit;
			
			$objects = new Create;
			$photos = new Photos;
			$sql = 	"SELECT ListingsMain.*,ListingDimData.ID,ListingDimData.bedrooms FROM ListingsMain 
			LEFT JOIN ListingDimData ON ListingsMain.ID=ListingDimData.ID WHERE  ListingsMain.listingStatus = 'Current' and
				( listingID LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR 
				( listingName LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR  
				( listingCity LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR 
				( listingState LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR 
				( listingZip LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) LIMIT ".$offset.",".$limit;
				
			$sqlPage = 	mysql_query("SELECT ListingsMain.*,ListingDimData.ID,ListingDimData.bedrooms FROM ListingsMain 
			LEFT JOIN ListingDimData ON ListingsMain.ID=ListingDimData.ID WHERE  ListingsMain.listingStatus = 'Current' and
				( listingID LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR 
				( listingName LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR  
				( listingCity LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR 
				( listingState LIKE '%".$keyword."%' ) OR 
				( listingZip LIKE '%".$keyword."%' )") or die( mysql_error() );
			//echo $sql;		
			$query = mysql_query($sql) or die( mysql_error() );
 
			while($rows = mysql_fetch_assoc($query))
				{
				$linkName = ereg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "-", $rows['listingName']);
				$str = file_get_contents(SCRIPT_PATH."/templates/listingbox.php"); //Grab the template file		
				$str = str_replace("{LISTING_ID}",$rows['listingID'],$str);
				$str = str_replace("{LISTING_NAME}","<a href='".SCRIPT_URL."/details_".$rows['ID']."/".$linkName.".html'>".$rows['listingName']."</a>",$str);
				$str = str_replace("{LISTING_CITY}",$objects->whatCity($rows['listingCity']),$str);
				$str = str_replace("{LISTING_STATE}",$objects->whatState($rows['listingState']),$str);
				$str = str_replace("{LISTING_ZIP}",$rows['listingZip'],$str);
				$str = str_replace("{LISTING_PRICE}",number_format($rows['listingPrice']),$str);
				$str = str_replace("{LISTING_BR}",$rows['bedrooms'],$str);
				$str = str_replace("{photo1}","<a href='details_".$rows['ID']."/".$linkName.".html'>".$photos->singlePhoto($rows['ID'],100,'')."</a>",$str);			
				$results .= $str;					
				}
			
			$nextPrev = file_get_contents(SCRIPT_PATH."/templates/nextprev.php");
			
			foreach($_POST as $key=>$value)
				{
				$hidden .= "<input name='".$key."' type='hidden' value='".$value."'>";
				}
			$nextPrev = str_replace("{hidden}",$hidden,$nextPrev);
			
			$pageData = $this->createSearchPage($results,$nextPrev,$keyword);
			
			if(mysql_num_rows($query) >= $limit)
				{
				$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEFWD}",($_GET['page'] + 1),$pageData);
				}else
					{
					$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEFWD}","1",$pageData);
					}	
					
			if($_GET['page']  > 1)
				{
				$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEBACK}",($_GET['page'] - 1),$pageData);
				}else
					{
					$pageData = str_replace("{PAGEBACK}","1",$pageData);
					}
			$pageData = str_replace("{results_found}",mysql_num_rows($sqlPage),$pageData);
			
			return $pageData;	
			}
	//echo "<pre>".print_r($searchQuery)."</pre>"; exit;
	}///end searchListings
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