Multi word search in PHP/MySQL

Question

I\'m struggling to create a search that searches for multiple words. My first attempt yielded no results whatsoever and is as follows:

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Answer 1

I've been working on the same subject (search with keywords) for a while and this how i did it :

$words = $_POST['keywords'];
if(empty($words)){
    //redirect somewhere else!
}
$parts = explode(" ",trim($words));
$clauses=array();
foreach ($parts as $part){
    //function_description in my case ,  replace it with whatever u want in ur table
    $clauses[]="function_description LIKE '%" . mysql_real_escape_string($part) . "%'";
}
$clause=implode(' OR ' ,$clauses);
//select your condition and add "AND ($clauses)" .
$sql="SELECT * 
      FROM functions 
      WHERE
      user_name='{$user_name}'
      AND ($clause) ";
$results=mysql_query($sql,$connection);
 if(!$results){
    redirect("errors/error_db.html");
 }
 else if($results){
 $rows = array();

-- Now this is how it look when i tried to run it with FULLTEXT search : But you should set the table type as "MyISAM"

1/2(columns) => it will return nothing!(use "NATURAL LANGUAGE"="BOOLEAN")
$sql="SELECT * FROM functions
     WHERE MATCH (function_description)
     AGAINST ('{$words}' IN NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE)";
$results=mysql_query($sql,$connection);
 if(!$results){
    redirect("errors/error_db.html");
 }
 else if($results){
$rows = array();
while($rows = mysql_fetch_array($results, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
     // echo 
}
}
?>