search function

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    How we can put search box in static site & do search
     
    johny321, Jun 9, 2009 IP
  2. wwwbryan

    wwwbryan Well-Known Member

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    You can't. You need some kind of back end to generate the search results.

    You could use a free service, but it won't be on your website.
     
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    givemeknol Active Member

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    Could you use Google custom search ?
     
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    SHOwnsYou Peon

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    You can create a hack for it, it just won't be pretty.

    Have a search form. Let the action be results.php (that part will need to be dynamic). In results.php, do something like this:
    
$q = $_GET['inputname'];

if (eregi($q, SOME TITLE OR TERM))
{
echo "<a href='linkhere.html'>LinkName</a>";
}

etc, etc, etc for each of your pages.
    PHP:
    It will work, but will be very time consuming.
     
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    Google custom search is the best option - it works and looks decent since people are probably used to Google search results
     
    ezprint2008, Jun 10, 2009 IP