search box for files

[biondizzle]

i would like to make a search box but NOT for keywords and text. i would like to have it linked to a folder in my server that has nothing but files in it, so when someone types in part or all of the file name the file will come up.

 

i believe this may be an easier task than a regular search because you will not have to index everything... or do you have to index everything?

 

i don't know what the name for something like this would be but im sure its feasible with php

 

any help in the right direction or an alternative to achieve this would be soo much help thanx a bunch in advance.

-Mike

[Yesideez]

If you're searching a database you can use the LIKE clause with SELECT.

[biondizzle]

well i don't have the files on mysql i don't know how to make mysql automatically add the files into a table. thats why i was wondering if theres a simple way around to searching the files because they're all in the same folder, if indexing them is the only way could someone explain when i add a new table what do i do to have mysql index all the files in that folder itself?

 

thanx

[biondizzle]

i have like 80 gigs of files i want uses to search through

 

http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/wikis/mysql-tutorials/uploading-files-to-mysql-database.aspx

 

if i use that to add them all in the database, what would i add to the page to search the files?