Archive for September, 2008

MySQL Full-text Search Function

MySQL 4.0 has come up with a completely functional method to employ text searches on the table columns. In fact, the method known as full-text search function is capable of building a small search engine to conduct searches on CHAR, VARCHAR and TEXT columns. Though the function was added in the MySQL 3.23.23 version, but [...]

Using session in PHP

Keeping in mind the fact that Internet is a stateless platform and every request for a web page is treated as unique, there is a serious need of a tool to maintain the state. Otherwise, it will be a messy situation to keep track of requests made by a particular user. The good news is [...]