I want to make search box with ability to search for word variations using the asterisk (*).
An asterisk (*) replaces one letter, can be used more than once in a word.
For example, searching on the term wom*n will locate records containing both woman and women and so on...
Any tips to achieve this in PHP ?
Assuming you wil do this with a database.
// The var we will use: $_POST['var']
$query = "SELECT FROM yourTable WHERE name LIKE ".translateVar($_POST['var']);
function translateVar($n){
return str_replace("*", "_", $n);
}