On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:42:17 +0200, you wrote: >does any one have an example of a function to search a database for similar >names and display them if the user inputs a name that is not found?
Are you looking for SOUNDEX, perhaps? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=SOUNDEX+algorithm PHP and MySQL both have soundex functions. There are other "sounds like" algorithms out there (eg Metaphone). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
