madman0428 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 i am designing a site and i want users to be able to search through our databases. is this possible with php? is it possible to design a search function that allows users this ability? or, is it more possible to index the pages on the site, and then search through indexed pages? any help would be great.. i have NO idea how to do this. thanks in advance! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/53815-question-about-php-search-engines/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 If you are using a MySQL database, check out the tutorial section (Searching with PHP sub-section) on this website. Here's the direct link to the tutorial: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/129/0.php Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/53815-question-about-php-search-engines/#findComment-266034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman0428 Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 awesome, i was looking for the tutorial section.. im just new to the site. thanks for the help! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/53815-question-about-php-search-engines/#findComment-266037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman0428 Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 i have a follow up question. the nature of the site we are trying to make allows for users to input data--and then allow users to search that data. if i create a full text index on day 1, and a user inputs data on day 2... does the full text index automatically update itself to include day 2's submissions? or would i have to manually update the full text index to include the additions? thanks! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/53815-question-about-php-search-engines/#findComment-266055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I have yet to create a search system for my website, but one of my close friends has it on his website and from what I remember, MySQL will automatically index everything that gets added to the table that has been indexed previously. I will not be able to get back to you on this subject until the weekend. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/53815-question-about-php-search-engines/#findComment-266062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman0428 Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 alright, i appreciate your help in the matter, ill check back in a few days... and i'll be sure to update as i test my own site. thank you again for your help! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/53815-question-about-php-search-engines/#findComment-266082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Alright...from what I understood, you only need to index your database once...all subsequent entries will be indexed automatically becasue mysql places an index on the table and not the entries, thus a change to the table will automatically execute a change in its index. ~saf Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/53815-question-about-php-search-engines/#findComment-267898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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