I have found the concept I am looking for on the mySQL web site:
SELECT MATCH('Content') AGAINST ('keyword1 keyword2') as Relevance FROM
table WHERE MATCH ('Content') AGAINST('+keyword1 +keyword2' IN BOOLEAN
MODE) HAVING Relevance > 0.2 ORDER BY Relevance DESC
I don't know how to apply this to the 3 fields in the data I want to
search with the users search string ( product_name ,
product_description , keywords ) The search string in the form is
"search_string"
Could someone show me how to make this work with what I have described
please?
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Piggott <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: PHP DB <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Search function query
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:38:13 -0500
I am writing a search function. Is there a way to enhance this query so
it will display the best matches first down to the least matches? As
well I don't know how to handle if the user types in more than 1 word to
search.
SELECT * FROM `store_product_profile` WHERE `product_name` LIKE '%
$search_string%' AND `product_description` LIKE '%$search_string%' AND
`keywords` LIKE '%$search_string%'
Ron
