Search keywords with asterisk
Hi,
I am in trouble with search keywords that have asterisk (*) inside, I have some case:
- keywords = 090* will results: 0901555, 0902555...
- keywords = 090*333 will results: 09011333, 090 2555 333...
- keywords = *333 will results: 999333, 888333...
I put keywords:mode="auto" in results tag but not working.
Thank for help!
Replies
Low 20 Oct 2017 12:34
When using keywords:mode="auto", then an asterisk is considered a wildcard. So that's actually intended behaviour.
Try using keywords:mode="exact" instead.
Note that the Keywords filter will sanitize all given keywords; it will strip out any non-word characters (including the asterisk), like it does with its collection indexes. If you need to search for punctuation and such, try using the Field Search filter instead.
ngoncom 20 Oct 2017 16:48
My problem has been resolved, thank so much!
Here is my testing with "my_number" is a custom field that contain a number only, ex:
entry 1, my_number = 123456789
entry 2, my_number = 777777777
entry 3, my_number = 888888888
entry 4, my_number = 999001111
entry 5, my_number = 999002111
Here is my results tag for test:
{exp:low_search:results search:my_number="^123" ...Well, I search start with 123 and it return entry 1
{exp:low_search:results search:my_number="777$" ...Well, I search end with 777 and it return entry 2
{exp:low_search:results search:my_number="888" ...Well, I search contain string 888 and it return entry 3
And the last case, I think it is feature request (search with wildcard or keywords support regex). I want to search with keywords contain wildcard "999*0*111" to return entry 4, entry 5.
With me, Low search not only a form search, it help preprocessing data, so that I can list entries as the ways I like. It is powerful!