Building a search-capable web site

Hi all,
A friend has asked if I could build him a web site that would be able to search a set of (probably) static documents, display the matches as a list of hyperlinked file names that, when clicked, then displays the full contents of the file. I've never done such a thing. Can anyone suggest Mac-based web authoring tools and books that would help with this?
I am a software developer and have put together html pages and Apple Help Viewer documents, just nothing with search and everything by hand, using a text editor.
Thanks,
Scott
(cross-posted from the Developer forum)

Did this :
http://www.google.com/search?q=search+website+with+php
Found this :
http://www.sphider.eu/index.php
Then did this :
http://home.wyodor.net/sphider/search.php

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