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
