ah, sorry.
reading in php, and I always get slashes mixed up anyway
( Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Wed 8 Sep 2004, 21:18, archived)

Just practice
calling backslashes "BACKslash" regularly got that fixed for me.
(pseudosocrates, Wed 8 Sep 2004, 21:20, archived)

I can just never remember which one i'm supposed to use.
I can only suggest changing $search to something simpler to make sure the code actually works, then building it back up until something clicks
( Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Wed 8 Sep 2004, 21:27, archived)

Mind
Pissage
(pseudosocrates, Wed 8 Sep 2004, 21:28, archived)