Howto set wildcard as default at beginning and end of search term?

[x23piracy]

Hi,

is it possible to set wildcard as default for search terms the user inputs?

Example:

User searches for "apple" the script automatically add "*apple*"
if the user not allready used a wildcard at the beginnig and/or end of the search term.

Also nice would be an radio button option like: contains, begins and ends with...

Most users don't understand how to use the wildcard right or are to blind to see that the
wildcard option is available...


Greetz X23

[morfer]

This is exactly what I am looking for.

Any ideas? I am not a PHP professional...

Greetings
morfer

[morfer]

I got the solution:

Change in /includes/search_utils.php:

Insert in line 97:

function bettersearch($val)
{
$pattern = "/[\s,\*]*\\\"([^\\\"]+)\\\"[\s,\*]*|" . "[\s,\*]*'([^']+)'[\s,\*]*|" . "[\s,\*]+/";
$words = preg_split($pattern, $val, 0, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
array_walk($words, create_function('&$v,$k', '$v = "*" . $v . "*";'));
$words = implode(" ", $words);
return $words;
}


Change the code (line 106, after insert the mentioned function):

function prepare_searchwords_for_search($val)
{
    $val = clean_search_word($val);
    // $val = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $val);
    $val = bettersearch($val); //bettersearch fix

    $stopword_list = get_stopwords();

    $tokens = array();
    $modifier = null;
    ...
    ...


What this fix does:
If your search is for example:
*Keyword1* Keyword2, Keyword3 Keyword4

The function generates:
*Keyword1* *Keyword2* *Keyword3* *Keyword4*