Title: External PHP Search
Last modified: October 11, 2019

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# External PHP Search

 *  [smagnus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smagnus/)
 * (@smagnus)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-php-search/)
 * Hello All,
 * I would like to know if it is possible to make a search to an external database
   to show on my current website.
 * The database has some simple info for the user to consult.
    The ideia that iam
   thinking to implement is to have a php form then query the external database 
   and show the result.
 * Best Regards,
    Magnus

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-php-search/#post-12018780)
 * Sure. It just depends on your coding skills. You’d have to custom code the SQL
   to look at the other DB and link it to a custom form. Don’t forget to sanitize
   things…
 * [https://xkcd.com/327/](https://xkcd.com/327/)

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## Tags

 * [external database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/external-database/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-php-search/#post-12018780)
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