You might also take a look at:
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, scott [gts] wrote:
> and to answer one of the previous questions,
>
> yes... it is *very* resource intensive to scan an entire
> directory tree full of files every single time a user
> wants to search....
>
> as far as i know, htdig indexes the information into one
> big file, and just reads thru that... which will save you
> loads of disk accesses and generally speed up search
> queries mucho...
>
> not to mention that allowing any users to submit data on
> a web form and then use that data in a command line tool
> is asking for trouble... :)
>
> best of luck.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Miles Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:46 AM
> > To: void; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] building a search engine ??
> >
> >
> >
> > Why reinvent the wheel? Use htdig or one of the other open source search
> > engines. There's a memo on the htdgi site on integrating PHP and htdig.
> >
> > Miles Thompson
> >
> > At 02:26 PM 7/12/01 +0200, void wrote:
> > >I am thinking of building a search engine with the grep command for our
> > >site.
> > >i have my information in a mysql db,
> > >but i am putting it back into text files.
> > >reoson being is that maybe the mysql db goes down under hevy load,
> > >and then our site would look like a tree with out branches.
> > >So i put all the info in the text files.
> > >
> > >now for the search engine i have a form that posts of the pattern.
> > >on the page receiving this pattern as say $searchpattern
> > >i do the command
> > >grep --binary-files=without-match -lri "$searchpattern" $path
> > >
> > >is this too resource intensive ?
> > >
> > >How does this idea sound ?
> > >
> > >please let me know.
> > >thanx in advance for any replies.
> > >
> > >Cape Town South Africa
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> > >
> > >
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