# PHP/MySQL Search Engine

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-search-engine/269026>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-search-engine/269026 "2008-08-21T15:29:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patch](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/patch/32/1095_2.png) [@Patch](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-mysql-search-engine/269026/1 "2008-08-21T15:29:05Z")

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Hello Fellow Kirupians!

I have a question about developing a small search engine for a website. Basically, a friend wants me to develop a small yet accurate search engine that users can filter results through a selection of optional checkboxes to help narrow search results, where the data is pulled in and queried from a mySQL table.

A few years ago I developed a very basic search engine for a blog using mysql stuff i.e. ‘LIKE’ and ‘%s’ etc…, but it’s was pretty poo and I need this one to be fairly good. I was wondering if any of you knew of a good tutorial or any resources that I can read up on.

Thanks, all the best Patch^\_^