actually fixed it for once, also hopefully fixed nameSearch

var/www/nameSearch.php

@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
 
 <?php
 
-$fname = $_POST["fname"];
-$lname = $_POST["lname"];
 
-$query = "Select * from contacts where fname = {$fname} and lname = {$lname}";
+$query = "Select * from contacts where fname = '".$_POST["fname"]."' and lname = '".$_POST["lname"]."'";
 
 
 foreach($db_connection->query($query) as $row){

var/www/usernameSearch.php

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ body {
 </style>
 
 <?php
-print($username);
 echo "<br>";
 $query = "Select * from contacts where username = '".$_POST["username"]."'";