PHP and MySQL Web Development 4th Ed-tqw-_darksiderg

Using Other PHP-Database Interfaces
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$searchterm = addslashes($searchterm);
}
// set up for using PEAR MDB2
require_once('MDB2.php');
$user = 'bookorama';
$pass = 'bookorama123';
$host = 'localhost';
$db_name = 'books';
// set up universal connection string or DSN
$dsn = "mysqli://".$user.":".$pass."@".$host."/".$db_name;
// connect to database
$db = &MDB2::connect($dsn);
// check if connection worked
if (MDB2::isError($db)) {
echo $db->getMessage();
exit;
}
// perform query
$query = "select * from books where ".$searchtype." like '%".$searchterm."%'";
$result = $db->query($query);
// check that result was ok
if (MDB2::isError($result)) {
echo $db->getMessage();
exit;
}
// get number of returned rows
$num_results = $result->numRows();
// display each returned row
for ($i=0; $i fetchRow(MDB2_FETCHMODE_ASSOC);
echo "".($i+1).". Title: ";
echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row['title']));
echo "Author: ";
echo stripslashes($row['author']);
echo "ISBN: ";
echo stripslashes($row['isbn']);