I'm trying to create an advanced search feature for my site, and I
have it mostly working the way I want. I take whatever search term
($searchkey) that the user submits, explodes if off any spaces
between words, and then use that to search for each word separately.
$keys = explode(" ",$searchkey);
So the search phrase of:
Dog Cat Horse
would output :
Array
(
[0] => Dog
[1] => Cat
[2] => Horse
)
However, I would like to add the ability to have phrases in there
indicated by " marks. So, if the search phrase was this:
"Dog Cat" Horse
It would output:
Array
(
[0] => Dog Cat
[1] => Horse
)
My concept to solve this is right before I explode the keys as above,
to replace any spaces within " marks with a garbage string of
characters (say XXXXXXXXXX) using a regular expression, and then
later replace it back with a space. However, I suck at regular
expressions and can't figure it out.
Anyone have a way for me to accomplish this with a regular expression
or with another method?
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Kevin Murphy
Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
Western Nevada College
www.wnc.edu
775-445-3326
P.S. Please note that my e-mail and website address have changed from
wncc.edu to wnc.edu.
