Search Algo.

webmasterjunkie · #1 (**permalink**) 07-05-2005, 01:14 PM

I have a question regarding search algo. I have a search form the searches the content on a real estate website. Excluding information pulled from the MLS, becuase it is stored in an XML file on another server.

Q: How can I get my search algo. to recognize sets of data like:

AA7639065
RC6589905

Always 2 letters followed by a series of 7 to 8 numbers? Once the data is recognized I can just redirect to the other server and perform the search.

PHP and MySQL capabilities.

ChrisRC · #2 (**permalink**) 07-08-2005, 06:40 PM

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do. Scrape the info off another website?

**brian.mark** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-09-2005, 07:02 PM

What language is your search written in? It's simple in Perl to find those particular words

Code:

if ($search_term =~ /^\w\w\d+$/) {
     dostuff...
}

In some other languages, I'm not sure how regular expressions work, but I'm sure someone here could help if we knew what language you were using.

Brian.