highlighting search results in php/mysql

Question

how do i highlight search results from mysql query using php?

this is my [modified] code:

$search_result = "";

$search_result = $_GET["q"];

$result = mysql_query('SELECT cQuotes, vAuthor, cArabic, vReference FROM thquotes WHERE cQuotes LIKE "%' . $search_result .'%" ORDER BY idQuotes DESC', $conn)
  or die ('Error: '.mysql_error());


function h($s) {
    echo htmlspecialchars($s, ENT_QUOTES);
} 


?>

    <div class="caption">Search Results</div>
<div class="center_div">
<table>
    <?php while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)) { ?>
    <?php $cQuotes = preg_replace($search_result, "<div class='highlight'>".$search_result."</div>", $row['cQuotes']); ?>
        <tr>
            <td style="text-align:right; font-size:15px;"><?php h($row['cArabic']) ?></td>
            <td style="font-size:16px;"><?php h($cQuotes) ?></td>
            <td style="font-size:12px;"><?php h($row['vAuthor']) ?></td>
            <td style="font-size:12px; font-style:italic; text-align:right;"><?php h($row['vReference']) ?></td>
        </tr>
    <?php } ?>
</table>
</div>

Answer 1

You can do that by using a JavaScript library called HiLite. It works pretty well.