I'm using the following code on my page to generate a search form that can be seen in action here: http://www.interviewhub.co.uk/search/

If I select somewhere from the dropdown menu and click search and no results come back then I get a message below the main search fields but if I type a random name into the text field and click search - the search criteria is then removed when it searches for results.

I'd really appreciate some help here.

<?php
// sanitize the search param from the URL
if (isset($_GET["search"])) {
    $result = addslashes($_GET["search"]); 
}
// invoke Pods with the chosen pod as the param
$Record = new Pod('interview');

// the param 'member_type' is a pick field that is part of the members Pod, you can add multiple picks as a comma-delimited list
// the param 'Search' just changes what the submit button says

echo $Record->getFilters('genre,location','SHOW RESULTS');

// 'name ASC' returns results in Ascending order -- alpha by name
// 10 is return 10 results on a page
// %$result% is the user input from the textfield (see the if statement above)
$Record->findRecords('t.last_name ASC', 5, "(t.name LIKE '%$result%') AND t.live = 1");

// display pagination for the results, if needed
echo $Record->getPagination(); 

if($Record->getTotalRows()<1){echo '<p>Sorry, we could not provide any names from your search.</p>';}

// uncomment the line below to echo the sql statement generated by findRecords() -- invaluable for troubleshooting 
// echo $Record->sql;

// obviously, a template named member_list needs to exist.
echo $Record->showTemplate('interview_list_expanded');
echo $Record->getPagination(); 

?>