Are there any recommended resources or tutorials for beginners looking to create a search function in PHP for their website?

To create a search function in PHP for a website, beginners can refer to online tutorials or resources that provide step-by-step guidance. One recommended approach is to use SQL queries to search through a database of content and display relevant results on the website. Additionally, utilizing HTML forms to collect user input for the search query and PHP scripts to process the search can help in implementing a functional search feature. 

<?php

// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database_name";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Process search query
if(isset($_GET['search'])) {
    $search = $_GET['search'];
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE '%$search%'";
    $result = $conn->query($sql);

    if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
        while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
            echo "ID: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["name"]. "<br>";
        }
    } else {
        echo "0 results found";
    }
}

$conn->close();

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Search Function</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form method="GET" action="">
        <input type="text" name="search" placeholder="Search...">
        <input type="submit" value="Search">
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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