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The Search Form

<h2>Search</h2>
<form name="search" method="post" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>">
Seach for: <input type="text" name="find" /> in
<Select NAME="field">
<Option VALUE="fname">First Name</option>
<Option VALUE="lname">Last Name</option>
<Option VALUE="info">Profile</option>
</Select>
<input type="hidden" name="searching" value="yes" />
<input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" />
</form>

The above HTML code creates the form your users will use to search. It provides a space to enter what they are looking for, and a drop down menu where they can choose what field they are searching (first name, last name or profile.) The form sends the data back to itself using the PHP_SELF () function. This code does not go inside the <?php and ?> tags, but rather above or below them.