IMPORTANT - How to Have a really funcional Search

[newmediologo]

Very big problem with Search: If I search for "nissan" I find every Items titled as "nissan" or containing "nissan", If I search for "nis" or for "niss" I get nothing back..

A fully functional Search is a core feature for a classified site and the search function of OSClass must be improved..

Another thing is a Search without Keywords, just clicking on a category to dispaly all ads..

Did anyone knows how to refine this function..?

I cannot put my site online if the the Search just find only the "exact" keywords..

Thank You Very Much..

[lucky_strike]

http://forums.osclass.org/development/improving-search/

[sharkey]

That thread doesn't solve the problem.  Nissan is not a 3 letter word.
Attribute search is poor with osclass.

[newmediologo]

Problem is related to "exact" keyword, in my site if I search for "puppy" I can't a listing with "puppies", search just match the exact keyword and not the similar, It is not just a problem with the length of words..

[sharkey]

You need to create a custom attribute plugin so the search is dropdown, not user defined, for your category.

http://doc.osclass.org/How_to_extend_fields

[xPxxRx]

need help to with this! I have an item titel like "Holzkohlegrill" - when I trie to search "Grill" there are no results... only if I search exactly the item title......

thats really a problem...!

Are there any solutions yet?

greeetz 

[bwakad247]

In my case I use the Bender theme. There is little to no explenation as to what and how the search function operates.
Search is using sPattern and in my case searches in the description.
When I try to search for a certain word, part or the whole word is strong in the description. NOT the title.

[darmeth]

Resurrecting a very old post. I am (still also suffering from the same problem described above).

EXAMPLE: Advert containing the word RESTAURANTS do not appear when searching for RESTAURANT. All that is missing is the letter S.

Has anyone ever been able to find a work around to this? Please?

[teseo]

***CORRECTED***

Hi,

Try this:

Add this at the very bottom of your theme functions.php (take care not to leave blank lines after this):

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<?php
function cust_search_keyword_wildcard() {

        $mSearch =  Search::newInstance();
        $query_elements = (array) json_decode($mSearch->toJson());

        $query_elements['sPattern'] = str_replace(' ', '* ', $query_elements['sPattern']) . '*';

        $mSearch->setJsonAlert($query_elements);
}

if (Params::getParam('sPattern')) osc_add_hook('search_conditions', 'cust_search_keyword_wildcard');
?>

Regards

[darmeth]

Hi Teseo,

Unfortunately, your solution does not change. 

[teseo]

What keyword are you using for testing, that "restaurant" example?

What version of Osclass are you running?

[darmeth]

I am on 350 with Modern

[teseo]

What keyword are you using for testing, that "restaurant" example?

[Adyyda]

This is a major bug and i am surprised to see that it is on osclass script for 2 years... I hope that anyone will have a fix soon

[darmeth]

I've loaded your code on my test site. I have several ads with the word "number" in them.

When I search "num" or "numb", no results. It works if I search with "numb*" or "num*" but this already works without your code added.