Search function

Hi all,

I'm new to cakephp and only know a bit of php so I'm on a steep
learning curve since although I've made websites using php and mysql
before they were all a bit simple. I'm not looking for code here but
some pointers for me so I know what to learn.

The app I'm making will end up with lots of members and I'd like to
make a search function so people can find other people easily. I've
discovered searchable-behaviour-for-cakephp and hopefully that'll
provide most of what I want but as another way to search rather than a
text box, I'd also like to have the letters of the alphabet so a user
can click and go straight to that letter.

As well as that, members will say in their profiles what their
favourite animals are, ie cats/dogs/horses etc - they'll have 20 to
choose from. I'd like my search function to have checkboxes
representing each animal and someone who was searching could check the
dogs box and only people who like dogs will be listed, they could then
also check cats box and the members who like dogs and cats will be
shown. If possible I'd like the list to update automatically as each
box is clicked.

I have everything else set up and only need help with this search
part. Assuming searchable-behaviour-for-cakephp does me for my text
search box, I reckon the alphabet thing will be something like making
a link for each letter and somehow making that link run a query,
hopefully that will work.

But the checkbox thing that updates automatically I'm not sure about.
Is it ajax I need? Are there any particular methods I should be using?

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