# Best solution / plugin for searching in my site?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/best-solution-plugin-for-searching-in-my-site/9743>\
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**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/best-solution-plugin-for-searching-in-my-site/9743 "2021-09-27T09:32:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![user\_looser](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/user_looser/32/2161_2.png) [@user\_looser](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/user_looser)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/best-solution-plugin-for-searching-in-my-site/9743/1 "2021-09-27T09:32:43Z")

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Hello everybody. I have a single DB site and every page displays a content of a table. Table are various and I would like to implement search module for each page. I need to use radio buttons to select searching parameters and also a text field for a searched string.

What would be the simplest way to implement search area in my pages? What is the easiest search plugin for a beginner like me?

Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![raul338](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/raul338/32/69_2.png) [@raul338](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/raul338)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/best-solution-plugin-for-searching-in-my-site/9743/2 "2021-09-27T14:57:36Z")

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I use [FriendsOfCake/search](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/search/)

You just have to define what fields the users can search, and implement the search form ([example](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/search/tree/master/docs#creating-your-form))

Thats it, it can be pretty simple but also allows to do more complex search (search by association, using beforeProcess with joins for example)

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**Author:** ![user\_looser](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/user_looser/32/2161_2.png) [@user\_looser](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/user_looser)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/best-solution-plugin-for-searching-in-my-site/9743/3 "2021-09-28T07:04:10Z")

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Thank you very much, I’ll try it.