Seemed like a typo?

var/www/nameSearch.php

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if ($conn->connect_error) {
 }
 echo "Connected successfully";
 
-$query = "Select * from contacts where fname = {$fname} and lnam = {$lname}";
+$query = "Select * from contacts where fname = {$fname} and lname = {$lname}";
 mysqli_query($conn, $query) or die('Error querying database.');
 
 $result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);