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Shelby Sarisky
6,536 PointsIncorporating a Search feature into your site.
Randy's tutorial explains how to incorporate a basic search function into your site, does anyone have any suggestions for other articles or tutorials that builds off of this basic search explanation?
I have a website I am building that includes multiple types of products that are in different named arrays. I am just looking for some type of explanation on how to set a up a search when you have a multitude of arrays instead of just one.
2 Answers
Andrew Shook
31,709 PointsI think you best beat would be to use a database. If you watch the PHP & Mysql videos Randy goes over, the process of taking product information out of a php array and putting it into a database. Personal I think that is the best way to go because a database will give you a more robust search functionality and you wouldn't need to search multiple arrays. If you have any questions about how to setup a database or the best ways to use php to query the database just post another question here and I'll try to help.
Shelby Sarisky
6,536 PointsThanks Andrew, I will look into that, I appreciate your suggestion.