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  1. Jan 18th, 2009, 12:13 PM #1
    Olly79
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    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
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  2. Jan 20th, 2009, 06:03 AM #2
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    Re: Search Functionality

    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?
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  3. Jan 20th, 2009, 09:01 PM #3
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    Re: Search Functionality

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