Joshua,

I learned a ton by reading this tutorial. See if it helps...

http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/tutorial-Ferrara.php

Joseph


"Joshua E Minnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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> Hey all,
>     I am looking for a way to search a MySQL DB based on a users input
> string.  The string would be searched on particular fields in my DB, which
> is already setup.  The problem I am having is that I want to be able to
> return strings that match all *or* part of their string.  Right now it only
> returns exact (case-insensitive) matches.  But I want to be able to return
> partial matches as well.  I have the relevancy calculation worked out but
> I'm not sure how to go about gathering the partial matches.
> 
> i.e.
> 
> User inputs: Christmas
> Output would be something like:
> 
> Christmas (100%)
> Christian (67%)
> Christy (67%)
> Chandelier (20%)
> 
> Anything below 10% will not be displayed.  I am using a class I found at
> phpclasses.org called better_field_search.  I am looking to modify it to fit
> my needs but I'm not sure how to go about it.  If anyone has done anything
> similar, I would greatly appreciate any help or direction provided.
> 
> 
> --
> Joshua E Minnie
> Advantage Computer Services, LLC
> Senior Project Manager
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Phone: 269.276.9690
> Fax: 269.342.8750
> 
> "Don't work for recognition, but always do work worthy of recognition."
> 
> 


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