Have noticed when i search for a word with a '-' character in it
for example, a phpBB search for 'pc-crash' or +pc-crash or "pc-crash"
always returns note
"ignored pc"
and so searches for crash
pc-crash is the name of a program which people search for information on
is there a way to stop the search engine from clipping letters to left of the '-'
Thank you
let me add: have latest 3.3.8 installed
Last edited by Mick on Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason:Solved.
"The good news is hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination.
The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create." - Harmony Cobel
thanks for quick response
no, putting a wildcard pc*crash does not return anything
strange even tried searching for
pc\-crash
still ignores the pc
BUT
searches for the -crash??
but doesn't find anything
"The good news is hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination.
The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create." - Harmony Cobel
and -*crash returns no posts
like searching for /-crash
apparently since its a full word, pc-crash
it doesn't register/allow finding if only looking for -crash
i recall a search query where you could take all letters and search for &&&crash to try to get pc-crash
but that doesn't work either
"The good news is hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination.
The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create." - Harmony Cobel
figured it out (i think)
deleted the search index
and now when i search for pc-crash it finds pc crash
so the posts come up
(it is in process of rebuilding the index...shall see what happens once rebuilt)
after rebuilt search database all working fine
note i also set min lenght of a word to 2
so it can now find pc-crash
it looks for
pc crash
and picks up all the topics