First, create an entry HTML form capable of passing information to a secondary file. Next, create a Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) file to accept the data and insert it into the database.

Begin with the search form. The code for this plain HTML form is shown in Listing 11.1. Listing 11.1   search.html — Book-O-Rama’s Database Search Page   Book-O-Rama Catalog ...

This information should already be stored in your company's database, but any form of data capture and retrieval system that you use to pass data to your HTML forms should be used here.