Hello

I am brand new to using the TMDB API.

I am using PHP to search for a movie by text and return the results on a web page.

I can successfully search by using IMDB ID with the following code

$key = "REMOVED"
$query = $_POST["filename"];

$json = file_get_contents("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/$query?api_key=$key");

$result = json_decode($json, true);

$poster_path = $result["poster_path"];
$backdrop_path = $result["backdrop_path"];
$overview = $result["overview"];

echo '
<div id="item" style="width: 90%;">
    <div id="title">
        '.$result["title"].'
    </div>
    <div id="right">
        <div id="poster" style="float: left; width: 20%;">
            <img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500'.$poster_path.'" style="width: 100px; height: auto;">
        </div>
        <div id="overview" style="float: left; width: 80%;">
            '.$result["overview"].'
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
';



}
?>

<div>
<form id="search" method="post" action="ajax_calls.php">
Film: <input type="text" id="filename" name="filename" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
</div>

But when I replace the API URL with:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie?api_key=$key&query=Jack+Reacher

It returns no results. Using that URL to directly query the API via a web browser returns an array as expected.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I'm going wrong?

Thanks