search function using php for database entries

1<?php
2    $con= new mysqli("localhost","root","","Employee");
3    $name = $_post['search'];
4    //$query = "SELECT * FROM employees
5   // WHERE first_name LIKE '%{$name}%' OR last_name LIKE '%{$name}%'";
6
7    // Check connection
8    if (mysqli_connect_errno())
9      {
10      echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
11      }
12
13$result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM employees
14    WHERE first_name LIKE '%{$name}%' OR last_name LIKE '%{$name}%'");
15
16while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
17{
18        echo $row['first_name'] . " " . $row['last_name'];
19        echo "<br>";
20}
21    mysqli_close($con);
22    ?>

1$result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM employees
2    WHERE first_name LIKE '%{$name}%' OR last_name LIKE '%{$name}%'");
3
4while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
5{
6        echo $row['first_name'] . " " . $row['last_name'];
7        echo "<br>";
8}
9    mysqli_close($con);
10    ?>