Question: I'm having some troubles with my code, I want it to execute the php file whenever I enter something but it isn't working

```
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function getStates(value) {
        $.post("search.php", {name:value},function(data)
            $("#results").html(data);
        }); 
    }
</script>
</head>
<input type="text" onkeyup="getStates(this.value)"/>
<br>
<div id="results"></div>
<body>
</body>
</html>

```

php

```
<?php
mysqli_connect("localhost", "#", "#") or die(mysqli_connect_errno());
mysql_select_db("#") or die(mysql_error());
$search = $_POST["name"];

$players = mysql_query("SELECT firstname FROM players WHERE firstname LIKE '%search%'");
while($player = mysql_fetch_array($players)) {
    echo "<div>" . $players["firstname"] . "</div>";
}

```

?>

Answer: 
From what I can see,you should change this 

```
  '%search%' 

```

to

```
  '%{$search}%'

```

in

```
  $players = mysql_query("SELECT firstname FROM players WHERE firstname LIKE '%search%'");

```

**EDIT**

@user3187651 Assuming you've done everything right on the server side.
Change your javascript to:

```
function getStates(value) {
    $.post("search.php", {name:value},function(data){
        $("#results").html(data);
    }
    ); 
}

```

This should get rid of the error in the client side.
You are missing `{`. Just do:

```
function xyx(name) {
    $.post("search.php", { name: value }, function(data) {
        $("#results").html(data);
    });
}

```