Trying to find a search script

for searching 100k files

[zinc]

basically guys i know very little about php . what i'm looking for is just a simple php script that will make a page looking like the one here

basically i have 100.000 cd covers on my hdd and i want to create a page for searching the directory on my comp. and alos a php script that will add them to a sql database. i have php and mysql installed on my comp also and web server. and help or suggestions will be greatfully appreciated. thanks again.

[edited by: jatar_k at 5:05 pm (utc) on May 17, 2004]
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[lorax]

Greetings zinc,
Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

To make the page that I saw (a search form) you'll need more than a simple script. You could download any number of free search scripts or write your own. But since you noted that you're new to PHP you might want to use a search script that someone else has written.

To do the editing and adding - basically an admin area for a CMS, you'll need to learn PHP as I doubt someone will have time/be able to offer you the scripts to do it.

[zinc]

yep as you say there are many scripts on the net but so far all the ones i have found seem to be for a search engine and not for searching a localhost directory or even ftp. i dont would not want someone to spend hours writing a scipt for me. but was just hoping someone would have a script that does what i need already. thanks for your input.

[lorax]

Re: searching - you should be able to modify the search scripts to search local drives/localhost. Since you already have a webserver running they should work fine.

Re: Admin - there might be something out there but I think you'd have better luck at one of the CD collector/ trade sites. Sorry I can't be of more help.

[zinc]

yeah unfortunetly the dir is on another drive and not in my webroot. i'm wondering if this will cause a problem.

[lorax]

I think that'll depend upon the search package. Some use the drive directory structure and will understand the directory heirarchy. Whether or not they'll understand and use another drive I'm not sure. You may have to make a shortcut or drivemap to get it to see it and use but I'm not sure.

[zinc]

i have moved all the covers to my webroot directory but still need to get all the images indexed iether into a database or html pages.