Re: Help with a search array.

$words = explode(" ",$keywords); foreach($words as $word) { Create your sql. } .. or $words[0] = 'first word', $words[1]='second word' That will do what you asked, though I suspect you'll be back when you want to add quoted phrases, such that you could have $q = green eggs "and ham" ... then retaining 'and ham' as a token by itself. At that point you'll probably want to delve into a regex to solve the problem. On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 10:08:00AM +1300, Philip J. Newman wrote: > heres my example: > > I want to break up the search words in a string. > > eg: $q = green eggs > > would like that to be > > $q1 = green > $q2 = eggs > > ... then .... > > the mysql process > > $sql = ""; > > for ($i = 0; $i < $num; $i++) > if (strlen($getme_arr[$i]) > 0) > $sql .= " '%".$getme_arr[$i]."%'"; > > $sql .= " ORDER BY id ASC LIMIT 0, 30"; > > ... This should send to my sql ... > > SELECT * FROM hyperlinks WHERE 1 AND > keywords LIKE "green" AND > keywords LIKE "eggs" ORDER BY #7\Á5ý»·’¸ > C–Óid ASC LIMIT 0, 30 > > How ever it really down't want to work. Any Suggestions > > Philip J. Newman > PhilipNZ :: Design Solutions > http://www.philipnz.com/ > info@philipnz.com > ICQ# 20482482 > +64 25 6144012 -- Hank Marquardt <hank@yerpso.net> http://web.yerpso.net GPG Id: 2BB5E60C Fingerprint: D807 61BC FD18 370A AC1D 3EDF 2BF9 8A2D 2BB5 E60C *** Web Development: PHP, MySQL/PgSQL - Network Admin: Debian/FreeBSD *** PHP Instructor - Intnl. Webmasters Assn./HTML Writers Guild *** Beginning PHP && PHP II -- Starting March 25, 2002 *** See http://www.hwg.org/services/classes