Search multiple colums in the same DB

Question

Hi,
I want do develop a search form that can filter 4 different fields using PHP and MySQL. Let me explain:
The search form consists of 4 drop-down menus. The drop-downs comprise a group (a group is 4 categories, Province, City, Accommodation type and price range). I want the user to select his criteria from the 4 menus on the same page (Let's say he chose Province:Gauteng, City:Pretoria, Accommodation type:Hotel, Price Range:R501-R1000), then when he clicks on search, the results page must show the results as per his criteria, i.e Only hotels in the Province Gauteng, the city Pretoria and within a price range of R501-R1000.
Please anybody who can advise me on how to do this, I will be forever grateful. Hope I'm making sense.

Answer 1

Hi thanks for the reply. I Understand what you mean, but how do I implement it? I know too little about PHP and MySQL.
I got the below code- Is it any good for what I want to do? Please advise me on how to do this properly.
$term = "";
    $sql = "SELECT *, MATCH(province, near_city, accomm_type, norm_price_range) AGAINST('". $term ."') FROM lastminuteconfirm WHERE MATCH (province, near_city, accomm_type, norm_price_range) AGAINST('". $term ."') ORDER BY near_city DESC";
    $query = mysql_query($sql);
     while($result = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {
      echo("{$result['near_city']} - {$result['score']}");
Thanks,
Reandré