<form action="search.php" method="post" id="search">
      <div id="searchfield_div">
        <input name="search" id="searchfield" type="text" placeholder="What you looking for?">
        <input id="delete_search_button" name="delete button" type="button" value="X">
        <input id="search_button" name="search button" type="submit" value="Search">
      </div>
    </form>

<?php
//connection script
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_user = "root";
$db_pass = "";
$db_name = "liquihub";
$output = '';

@mysqli_connect("$db_host","$db_user","$db_pass","$db_name") or die("could     not connect");

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

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM beverage_db WHERE name LIKE '%$searchq%' OR price LIKE '%$searchq%' OR type LIKE '%$searchq%'") or die ("could not search" );
$count = mysql_num_rows($query);
if ($count == 0) {
     $output = 'We not stocking this particular item at present';
}else{
    while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
        $bevname = $row['name'];
        $bevprice = $row['price'];
        $bevtype = $row['type'];
        $bevid = $row['id'];

        $output .= '<div>'.$bevname.' '.$bevprice.' '.$bevtype.'</div>';
      }
   }
 }
?>

<?php print("$output");?>