Welcome to MusicBrainz! Google Style Did You Mean....? in PHP. On a new website I am developing for a client I had to add the usual "Did you mean... ?
" in the search results for her. Si I started thinking for the easiest way to do this. There are actually a lot of php functions out there to look for similar text. Roll Your Own Google-Style Instant Search. Usually, articles like this lend themselves to longer tutorial posts, but the guys over at Woorkup put together a really nice, simple image on how to roll your own Google-Style Instant Search.
If you’ve got a little bit of time and decent HTML, PHP, and jQuery skills, you’re good to go! Check out the poster first. We’ve got all the source code available down below! JavaScript <? Search. Tabbloid. PostPost.