search function

[BroChris]

I have no idea where to start. I'd like to write a search function to search my site. Is this possible in php?

[firepages]

possible yes ... a good idea ?, possibly if you have a lot of time and patience :)

indexing your site for a search of some kind can be quite an involved business , I would stongly suggest you take a look at something like phpdig (http://phpdig.toiletoine.net) which is a pretty good PHP search engine for small to medium sites.

Don't let me put you off trying , its just one of those scripts which seems easy enough when you start out on it but soon leads to violence and headaches IME.

Of course if you want to say only search certain pages or sections of your site then its possible to knock up a script that deals with specifics.. all depends , tell us more