Search Constructors "OR", "AND" question

[Chris]

I have images of two people.  In the description fields, I have entered their names.  They are:

Clint Macbeth
Keith Macbeth

Using the Advanced Search form, if I enter "Keith Macbeth" in the search_keywords form field and click the "AND" search constructor radio button, I get all images from both people.  If I enter "Keith AND Macbeth" in the search_keywords form field, I get only the images of "Keith Macbeth".

So what purpose does the "search constructor" serve?

[Jan]

Try this:

Add in search.php after

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elseif (is_array($search_word_cache[$i])) {
this code

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if ($search_terms) {
  $operator = "and";
}
Jan

[Chris]

Cool, that fixed it.

[Chris]

Update:

If you want to make the "search_bar" search form also default to ALL words entered instead of ANY, you can add the following to the html form:

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<input type="hidden" name="search_terms" value="all" />
or you can open search.php, look for

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if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['search_terms'])) {
  $search_terms = (trim($HTTP_POST_VARS['search_terms']) == "all") ? 1 : 0;
}
else {
  $search_terms = 0;
}
and change this line

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 $search_terms = 1;  // Makes default search use ALL terms entered
}