Re: Newbie: Simple site search >> To bit more Complex...

You might want to have a look on this script: http://www.digitalgenesis.com/software/dgssearch.html It can search specified directories/file extensions/databases, or deny search for the same, and many other options. -- Julio Nobrega. 2B||!BB - That's the question. "Steve Wright" <steve@stevewrightonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:20010730190702.23772.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hey, > > I have just developed a simple site search.. .and am after learning how to > get it to search all directories... at present, it only searches the one it > is in!! > > > Here's the code: > > <? > include("include/common.inc"); > $title = "Search"; > include("include/header.inc"); > ?> > <P> > <FORM ACTION="<? echo "$PHP_SELF"; ?>" > METHOD="POST"> > <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="searchstr" value="<? echo > "$searchstr"; ?>" > SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="30"> > <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Search!"> > </FORM> > </P> > <? > if ( ! empty($searchstr) ) { > // empty() is used to check if we've any search string > // if we do, call grep and display the results. > echo "<HR>\n"; > // call grep with case-insensitive search mode on all files > $cmdstr = "grep -i $searchstr *"; > $fp = popen( $cmdstr, "r" ); file://open the output of command > as a pipe > $myresult = array(); // to hold my search results > while( $buffer = fgetss ($fp, 4096 )) { > // grep returns in the format > // filename: line > // So, we use split() to split the data > list($fname, $fline) = split(":",$buffer, 2); > // we take only the first hit per file > if ( !defined($myresult[$fname])) > $myresult[$fname] = $fline; > } > // we have results in a hash. lets walk through it and print > it > if ( count($myresult) ){ > echo "<OL>\n"; > while(list($fname,$fline) = each($myresult)) > echo "<LI> > <A HREF=\"$fname\">$fname</A> : $fline > </LI>\n"; > echo "</OL>\n"; > } else { > // no hits > echo "Sorry. Search on <B>$searchstr</B> > returned no results.<BR>\n"; > } > pclose($fp); > } > ?> > <? > include("include/footer.inc"); > ?> > > > > I think it centers around the line whcich contains but am not definate: > while( $buffer = fgetss ($fp, 4096 )) { > > > Any help much appreciated.. > > Steve Wright > > > >