How do I make a "search" box

[abragj]

How do I make a box for people to search my webpages? What code does that? Is it difficult to do?I'm looking for one just like top of this forum. Please advise...

[justsomeguy]

The box itself is a regular HTML form. The code to actually find what people type in is more complex depending on what you're searching through, such as a database or set of files.

[baragan]

i wanted to ask the same too thanks abragj for asking first if i may ask justsomeguy, i was thinking about searching the whole be it articles database using the mysql LIKE comparison then returning the results, is there any other better way? i have heard about the FULLTEXT search but i have not yet read about it thoroughly to understand what it was talking about. thanks

[justsomeguy]

Using LIKE gives you a keyword search. A fulltext search includes additional options, like natural language and query expansion that you can read about.

[baragan]

so for a search function i have to use both?

[justsomeguy]

You don't have to do anything, you should look into your options and figure out what you want your site to do.