I believe Google Suggest uses the Levenshtein method. I would tend to go with that rather than soundex in order to avoid being too english-language-centric with your implementation.
--bemansell On 3/23/06, peter lovatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > > I am looking to check whether a keyword a user has entered already > exists in the database > > I can find exact matches, but I am having trouble with typos. > > I am looking for something like Google's "did you mean" if you type in > a close match. > > SO if someone types in saet it returns "did you mean seat ?" > > Any suggestions which is best - SOUNDEX in MySql or the php functions > levenshtein(), soundex(),metaphone() or similar_text() on the > returned result. > > Any other suggestions welcome. > > Thanks > > Peter > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
