PHP mySQL RLIKE similar expanded + or - 5 -


using rlike able find people similar surnames or telephone numbers.

mysql_query("select * electors (surname rlike '$surname' or telephone rlike '$telephone') limit 9"); 

1 - problem need priorities surnames , go telephone numbers second total limit of 9 records.

2 - want concatenate first line of address address1 , postcode find similar records

this way if house number 14 , postcode zz18mp find nearby houses. eg. 12 zz18mp. households aren't in system can't increment 1, needs closest match.

how this.

you can use full text search functions , ranks suranmes , telephone numbers. based on rank, filter our data.

here tutorial start
http://devzone.zend.com/26/using-mysql-full-text-searching/

note: full-text searches supported myisam tables only


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