A method to suggest other names when user makes typos

[guarriman]

Hello.

Working with Apache+PHP+MySQL, I'm developing a website to allow users to find within a product catalog. Product info is stored within a MySQL table (ID, name, price).

These users usually make typos and mistakes when typing the product name, and I want to suggest them other names, similars to the typed one. For instance:
mp3 playr --> mp3 player

Does anybody know any algorithm or method to perform it? Thank you very much.

[coreyp_1]

haven't had occasion to implement something like this myself, but perhaps the functions soundex() or metaphone() could be of some use.