You'll do it in the database, not PHP. Look into using LIKE in your query...
SELECT * FROM yourtable WHERE column LIKE '%searchterm%' The % characters are wildcards that'll match any amount of characters. You can use _ to match a single character. You could also look at FULL-TEXT indexing in MySQL to create a better search feature. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Håkan [mailto:hw2k@;barrysworld.com] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 4:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] wildcard search? > > I'm trying to make a small and simple search function, but it only works > for > exact searches, and I can't figure out how to make a wildcard search, if I > do it in the php or in the mysql_query, can't really find anything about > it > and I don't know what to look for on php.net > > Håkan > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
