searching

I realitively new to PHP, so some things still trip me out. If I have a search function to search for anything in the database, how would I go about doing it? I know I have to $query = SELECT * FROM my_table; $result = mysql_results($query, $dbcnx); I know I have to loop through the $result, but what should I do to bang up against the db to search for a string from my input textbox? Thanks for the help! Bryan Fitch Bryan Fitch Programmer Concept-Factory http://www.concept-factory.com bryan@concept-factory.com