Manca il fetching dell'array:

codice:
$query = "SELECT id,title FROM news WHERE text like '%{$search}%'"; 
$result = mysql_query($query); 
$number = mysql_num_rows($result); 
$i = 0; 
if ($number < 1) { 
   print "<center>

<font color=#000000>sorry no matches found</p></center>"; 
} else { 
   while ($r=mysql_fetch_array($number)) { 
      print "<a href=\"news.php?id=$r[id]\"> <font size=2> <font color=#000000>$r[title] </a> 
\n"; 
   } 
}