Forum Search

[Le Soldat Inconnu]

Hi,

Since forum update, when i do search, i never arrive to have result by search word incluse in [ code ] [/ code ]

for example, i search GdipCreateBitmapFromFile, it's in code from this forum and search don't give any result.

It's possible to change this ?

Thanks

[klaver]

I'll post in this thread as I also have problem with phpBB search.

I want to search the forums for two words: "load icon". Ok, so I search for (+ works as AND):

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+load +icon

And what I get?

Search term used: +load +icon ignored: icon

Why the heck the "icon" keyword is ignored?! Results for "load" only are DAMN USELESS!
I can understand thet phpBB ignores a "yes" keyword in a such phrase (| works as OR):

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load|yes

In this example the "yes" keyword would increase the results to billions of posts, so it's ok to skip it.
But in my case, the search engine by skipping the "icon" keyword INCREASES the amount of results and makes my search totally imprecise and useless. Isn't it illogical?

Conclusion: connected with issue posted by Le Soldat Inconnu, this search engine is fail.

[netmaestro]

I too am disappointed in the search engine since the forum update. It used to be much better.

[UserOfPure]

For now, just use Google to search the domain www.purebasic.fr with your keywords, and all will be found.

[chi]

... or you could give Alt.[F1] a shot
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 27&t=36150

cheers, chi

[Vera]

Yes the ignoring of essential and peculiar differentiating words can be a thrill

But one can ship around by bringing in the Joker -> '*'
with 'load icon*' you'll get 93 matches

so long ~ Vera

[Kaeru Gaman]

another issue with the forums search is, that it ignores text in code-tags.
for a programmers forum this makes it ... erm ...

DAMN USELESS!

yes, thank you, Sarge.

[Fred]

If you know an option in phpbb3 to activate that, don't hesitate to tell us. I don't feel in mood to rewrite a php forum .

[idle]

If you know an option in phpbb3 to activate that, don't hesitate to tell us. I don't feel in mood to rewrite a php forum .

maybe Custom Google search could do it but it still needs a change of mood to do it

http://www.sixstringmods.co.uk/snippets ... php?id=227

[Josh]

use the better search for this forum

[Trond]

If you know an option in phpbb3 to activate that, don't hesitate to tell us. I don't feel in mood to rewrite a php forum .

Changing "search backend" from "fulltext native" to "fulltext mysql" should probably fix it. Also this should eliminate the common word filtering.

[Fred]

Ok, i switched the search backend to mysql native. Just try it to see if it makes a difference.

[Demivec]

I see an improvement. Code sections are now included in a search.

[netmaestro]

Thanks fred!

[ozzie]

Changing "search backend" from "fulltext native" to "fulltext mysql" should probably fix it. Also this should eliminate the common word filtering.

Thanks, Trond - a useful tip that I've now applied to my own phpBB forum.