a.php

<?php
require_once("includes/common_functions.php");
$mysqli = connect_to_mysql("db_connection.cfg");
$debug = debug_mode("db_connection.cfg");
/*  type_id below is different from type of term which are vendor/products/CVE_search/
 *  CvSS_score_search etc. 
 */
$type_id = trim(strip_tags($_GET['type_id']));
$fullTerm = trim(strip_tags($_GET['search_term']));
separateTermType($fullTerm);

/*  $term is of the form a (b). b is the type of the term ie vendor/product/CVE_search/
 *  CVSS_score_search etc. This type is DIFFERENT from $type_id above .We need to 
 *  separate a and b. 
 */
function separateTermType($term) {
	list($term, $termType) = explode(" ", $term);
	if ($debug) {
		var_dump($term) ;
	}
} 

break; 
function fillSearchbox($type_id, $term, $mysqli) {
	
	;
}