Search method using PHP MYSQL

Question

I'm trying to use search as my retrieve option, this is my simpliest form of searching, what can I do with these codes, No error but not working. Please indicate what is wrong in my code. Give advice, site, solution Thanks.

    <?php
    error_reporting(E_ALL); 
    ini_set('display_errors', 1);
    session_start();
    ob_start();

//connetion database
    $dbhost = '192.168.0.9';
    $dbuser = 'dsc';
    $dbpass = 'csd';

    $conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('ERROR CONNECTING TO MYSQL');

    $dbname = 'dbtips';
    mysql_select_db($dbname);

    $output='';

    if(isset($_POST['search']))
    {
        $searchq = $_POST['search'];
        $searchq = preg_replace("#[^0-9a-z]#i","",$searchq);

//query
        $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tblnews WHERE udate LIKE '%$searchq%'");
        $count = mysql_num_rows($query);

        if($count==0)
        {
            $output = 'There was no search result!';
        }
        else
        {
            while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
                   $udate = $row['udate'];
                   $mis = $row['mis'];
                   $status = $row['status'];



                   $output .= '->'.$udate.'-'.$mis.'-'.$status.'<br>'; 
    }
    }
    }
    ?>      

    //form for searching
    <form action="search.php" method="POST">
    <center>
    <p>
    <input type="text" size="90" name="search" style="text-align:center">
    <br>
    <br>
    <input type="button" name="searchbutton" value="Search">
    <br>
    <br>
    </p>
    </center>
    </form>

Answer 1

change this to

<input type="button" name="searchbutton" value="Search">

To this

<input type="submit" name="searchbutton" value="Search">