customized search

[laxeri]

i want to customize the search option but i don't know much about php

for example if i search for "francois" he should list me also articles with "françois"

i want that he reads some letters as the same like c is also ç or s = ş

he should see those letters as the same... only in search of course and it should be recursive, too. if i search i for ç also list c

is it possible?

[Alex]

Not likely. You can perhaps try to utilize MySQL Soundex() (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_soundex), but I'm really not sure if it will do any good.