making the plus sign a search operator in search

[diy]

Is there a way to make the plus (+) sign a search operator???

 

i see that people usually search my site using + as a search operator and they end up with NO results at all!!

[arietis]

Is there a way to make the plus (+) sign a search operator???

 

the quick and dirty way would be to adjust the search string. something like this...on about line 50 in advanced_search_results.php you see

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['keywords'])) {

$keywords = $HTTP_GET_VARS['keywords'];

}

 

change this to:

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['keywords'])) {

$keywords = str_replace('+', ' and ', $HTTP_GET_VARS['keywords']);

}

[spooks]

Simplest solution would be to remove the + by applying str_replace to the keywords

[diy]

Thank you this solves the problem !!