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1. Lasha
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Guys,

   I want to create a custom Page template with a bit of my own PHP & MySQL code.

   My code's functionality:
   • Allow someone to enter a word/phrase into a text input box
   • Connect to a totally separate database, submit the SQL query.
   • Reload the page returned results from the database.

   I know I can get custom PHP code within a Page template, but when you submit my form, it would reload the page with mydomain.com/pageName/?search=something

   This generates a WordPress 404 page saying that page doesn't exist. If I used $_POST method, where it doesn't show what was submitted, will it fix the problem?

   If I wanted the URL to display what was searched (bookmarkable), is there a mod_rewrite/.htaccess edit that will allow this to happen without throwing an error?

   Help is immensely appreciated. Working on a huge project for a client. :)

   EDIT: PS. I will be using WordPress 3.0, but if I need to use another version for some reason, it's okay.

2. Lasha
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So, I found the "WP exec PHP" which allows you to write PHP code within the [exec][/exec] shortcodes. Using $_POST[''], I managed to get a form submitted and display the said data on the same page.

   While this is great, using the $_GET[''] method would be fantastic - this way people can bookmark "search queries" and so forth. Still can't find a way to get ?var=something to work with the WordPress query string.

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