Using Yahoo Web Services to Perform Searches with an Object-Oriented Approach

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

If you re a PHP developer who wants to take the first steps toward building web applications that interact with specific web services in this article series you ll find an approachable guide to implementing some of the most useful search services provided by Yahoo by using a ...

Using Boolean Operators for Full Text and Boolean Searches with MySQL

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Implementing full text searches with MySQL can improve the execution of queries against specific database tables. If you want to put this useful feature to work for you start reading this article now Welcome to the final tutorial of the series that began with Performing Full Text ...

Using Relevance Rankings for Full Text and Boolean Searches with MySQL

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

If you re a web developer who is searching for a step-by-step guide on how to quickly implement full text and Boolean searches with MySQL then look no further. This group of articles might be what you need. Welcome to the second tutorial of the series that began with ...

Performing Full-text and Boolean Searches with MySQL

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

When a database-driven web site grows past a certain size it requires an internal search engine. If it is a very big site it may be desirable for visitors to be able to use full-text searches and Boolean operators to find the information they need. This article ...