Por ejemplo asi es como esta hecho mi formulario y tambien el buscar.php
********FORMULARIO********************************************************************************************
<div id="content">
<h2>Buscar libros</h2>
<p>
<form name="buscador" method="get" action="buscar.php">
<label>Nombre del Autor:
<input type="text" name="buscar_libro_autor" id="buscar_libro_autor" />
</label>
</p>
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Buscar">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</div>
***********************BUSCAR.php**************************************************************************************************
<?php
// Get the search variable from URL
$var = @$_GET['buscar_libro_autor'] ;
$trimmed = trim($var); //trim whitespace from the stored variable
// rows to return
$limit=10;
// check for an empty string and display a message.
if ($trimmed == "")
{
header( 'Location:
http://localhost:8085/Sistema/busqueda_en_blanco.php' ) ;
//echo "<p>Porfavor digite algo para buscar...</p>";
exit;
}
// check for a search parameter
if (!isset($var))
{
header( 'Location:
http://localhost:8085/Sistema/no_parametro.php' ) ;
//echo "<p>We dont seem to have a search parameter!</p>";
exit;
}
//connect to your database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
mysql_connect("localhost","xxxx","xxxxx"); //(host, username, password)
//specify database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
mysql_select_db("xxxxx") or die("No se puede seleccionar la base de datos"); //select which database we're using
// Build SQL Query
$query = "select * from libros where libro_autor like \"%$trimmed%\"
order by libro_autor"; // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query
$numresults=mysql_query($query);
$numrows=mysql_num_rows($numresults);
// next determine if s has been passed to script, if not use 0
if (empty($s)) {
$s=0;
}
// get results
$query .= " limit $s,$limit";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("no se pudo ejecutar la consulta");
// display what the person searched for
echo "<p>Resultados de busqueda: "" . $var . ""</p>";
//header( 'Location:
http://localhost:8085/Sistema/no_parametro.php' ) ;
//echo "<p>We dont seem to have a search parameter!</p>";
//para ver como hacerlo
// begin to show results set
echo "Resultados";
$count = 1 + $s ;
// now you can display the results returned
while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$title = $row["libro_autor"];
echo "$count.) $title" ;
$count++ ;
}
$currPage = (($s/$limit) + 1);
//break before paging
echo "<br />";
// next we need to do the links to other results
if ($s>=1) { // bypass PREV link if s is 0
$prevs=($s-$limit);
print " <a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$prevs&q=$var\"><<
Prev 10</a>  ";
}
// calculate number of pages needing links
$pages=intval($numrows/$limit);
// $pages now contains int of pages needed unless there is a remainder from division
if ($numrows%$limit) {
// has remainder so add one page
$pages++;
}
// check to see if last page
if (!((($s+$limit)/$limit)==$pages) && $pages!=1) {
// not last page so give NEXT link
$news=$s+$limit;
echo " <a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$news&q=$var\">Next 10 >></a>";
}
$a = $s + ($limit) ;
if ($a > $numrows) { $a = $numrows ; }
$b = $s + 1 ;
echo "<p>Showing results $b to $a of $numrows</p>";
?>
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Como crees que podria quedar eso que tu me pasaste para presentar esos datos del select