RE: [PHP-DB] Offering alternatives in typing mistakes
I'm currently doing a select like statement. No problem with that. But as no human being is perfect ;-) the input provided by the user is sometimes full of typing mistakes like informatoin, or informatin instead of information. I hope you know what I'm think about. Google offers you an alternative if google thinks you misspelled. Now my question, what is an algorithm for finding out which input was actually meant? I know I'll have to split the string like first letter than last letter, than second first etc. Is there a better solution, like taking the middle? I've already put some thought in it, but I see no reason to reinvent the wheel again. Has anybody any better ideas? I'm open to solutions. Doing a search on google for spelling suggestion algorithm turned up a few things. You may want to check them. You'll probably have to implement an outside program. The only way from within PHP that I can think of doing it is with soundex() and similar functions. I know MySQL implements something similar within it, so you can search for words whos soundex will match the soundex of the word the user supplied. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Offering alternatives in typing mistakes
On Saturday 05 April 2003 04:11, Jan Bro wrote: I'm currently doing a select like statement. No problem with that. But as no human being is perfect ;-) the input provided by the user is sometimes full of typing mistakes like informatoin, or informatin instead of information. I hope you know what I'm think about. Google offers you an alternative if google thinks you misspelled. Now my question, what is an algorithm for finding out which input was actually meant? I know I'll have to split the string like first letter than last letter, than second first etc. Is there a better solution, like taking the middle? I've already put some thought in it, but I see no reason to reinvent the wheel again. Has anybody any better ideas? I'm open to solutions. If you're going to be running on some *nix platform then have a look at the chapter on pspell. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-db -- /* Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. -- John F. Kennedy */ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
