//Clean $search variable
function sanitize ($string) {
trim($string);
strip_tags($string);
stripslashes($string);
str_replace("'","",$string);
str_replace("\"","",$string);
str_replace(";","",$string);
str_replace(":","",$string);
str_replace(",","",$string);
str_replace("=","",$string);
str_replace("}","",$string);
str_replace("{","",$string);
str_replace("}","",$string);
str_replace("<","",$string);
str_replace(">","",$string);
str_replace("[","",$strong);
str_replace("]","",$string);
return $string;
}
//End Sanitize

$search = sanitize($search);