How do I create a search using PHP/MYSQL

[lost in translation]

Hello everybody,

I am by no means a programmer.  I think my name says it all.  I'm in college taking a programming class and I could just use some help.  I have to create a search using PHP/MYSQL.  I came up with a cool ideal to be able to search colleges by state instead of the typical city, zip, state search.  Does anybody have an idea of how I would go about doing this?  Thanks for any help.

[BrianM]

Have you tried Google for any examples? That's typically the first thing I always do in a case like this.

[flyhoney]

Yeah, your question is a little vague.  There are dozens of ways to do search with PHP and MySQL.  At the very basic level, you need to understand how to use "LIKE" in your SQL queries.