As you can read on the website to the link I sent: Apache Lucene Apache Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java. It is a technology suitable for nearly any application that requires full-text search, especially cross-platform. Features Lucene offers powerful features through a simple API: Scalable, High-Performance Indexing * over 20MB/minute on Pentium M 1.5GHz * small RAM requirements -- only 1MB heap * incremental indexing as fast as batch indexing * index size roughly 20-30% the size of text indexed Powerful, Accurate and Efficient Search Algorithms * ranked searching -- best results returned first * many powerful query types: phrase queries, wildcard queries, proximity queries, range queries and more * fielded searching (e.g., title, author, contents) * date-range searching * sorting by any field * multiple-index searching with merged results * allows simultaneous update and searching Cross-Platform Solution * Available as Open Source software under the Apache License which lets you use Lucene in both commercial and Open Source programs * 100%-pure Java * Implementations in other programming languages available that are index-compatible This is all information you can find on its website too, so if you want to know more => have a look at it! muhaimincs schrieb: > > > what is lucene....what lucene can do? > > --- In php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:php-objects%40yahoogroups.com>, Stephan Schulze <nahpeps@...> wrote: >> >> Hi Anees, >> >> have a look at Lucene. >> Lucene is an open-source-search engine written in Java. >> But there is no problem to use Java even in PHP Skripts. >> >> http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/ <http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/> >> >> Regards >> >> Stephan >> >> Anees ul haq schrieb: >> > >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have developed a web portal and now I need to develop a search > engine >> > for this portal. Can any body tell me the best technique to develop a >> > search engine, I will really appreciate if you help me to sort it out. >> > What changing required at db level and what are the code standards to >> > develop a search engine for web site. If there is any ready made > control >> > let me know and how it works. >> > >> > Thanks to all. >> >> >> -- >> >> .. UND EIN RIESIGES SCHAF WIRD VOM HIMMEL FALLEN UND DIE WELT RETTEN!!! >> ACH IHR GL�CKLICHEN ;-) >> > > -- .. UND EIN RIESIGES SCHAF WIRD VOM HIMMEL FALLEN UND DIE WELT RETTEN!!! ACH IHR GLÜCKLICHEN ;-)