Creating a Search Tool on a Company's Intranet (HOW???)

[fhshortie08]

How would I be able to create a search engine within an intranet? The pages are created through HTML (Dreamweaver) and uploaded via FTP. There are PDFs, spreadsheets, etc. within the intranet. I don't want to use Google or any other search software.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[Dan L]

Honestly, coding a search script that can handle multiple file types from the ground up is a pretty large project. On top of that, it will be extremely slow, since it has to decode every file into a machine-readable format, search it, and display the results. One option is to set a cron job (daily task) where a script turns new files into the new format and stores it, so it can search them quickly when needed. Either way, it's a pretty in-depth process that requires a lot of work. Google honestly is your best bet here.