Search Functionality

Hi all,

I have a query relating to search on a website.

I have a site for which I want to add a search box; whereby which users can search for people based on the following criteria: Name/Pin/Keyword

I'm wondering where to start with this and by that I mean do I need to create a DB to hold all the vaules and then create a php search box to search the DB and return the results?

Many thanks

you will need to have a database that holds all of the relevant search information (name/pin/keyword), yes. you can then make a simple POST script that makes an SQL query and returns the results. do you have experience with MySQL or PHP?

Just a note on this one. If you are thinking about getting into a database you should look into database normalization.