Hi there,
Apologies if this is covered elsewhere, I'm using a calling code as below:
<?php
$external_productBaseHREF = "/product/";
$external_BaseHREF = "http://www.mysite.co.uk/price/";
$external_path = "/home/wwwv/public_html/price/";
$_GET["q"] = "red jumper";
if (!$_GET["sort"]) $_GET["sort"] = "relevance";
require($external_path."external.php");
?>
With this code I am only getting two jumpers, so I'd like to show more results & backfill with normal jumpers so use something like:
$_GET["q"] = "red jumper,jumper";
But with this I get zero products, any ideas on the best way to go about this?
Many Thanks
Hi David,
Many thanks for that, I have another query, is the following possible somehow:
$_GET["q"] = "black jumper,green jumper";
Where the results would show black jumpers OR green jumpers?
Many Thanks
Stew
Hi Stew,
Yes - that can be done but the changes are a bit more involved - probably easiest if you could email me your current external.php and I'll work it out for you...
Cheers,
David.
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Hi David
I hope you are well.
I have just noticed that I have an issue with search results with searchExternal.php
For example, product name is "Mothercare Blue Canvas Shoes".
If I search for "Blue Canvas Shoes" then all is good and I get the expected result.
However, if I search for "Blue Shoes" I get nil results. What do I need to do to make search more effective?
Regards
Richard
Hi Richard,
I know you've been using the script for several years and I've helped many users with various versions of searchExternal.php - just so I can see the code in use, please could you email me your latest version, and I'll check it out and see what to suggest...
Cheers,
David.
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PriceTapestry.com
Hi David
Many thanks, email sent.
Regards
Richard
Hi Stew,
As your example query involves a word less than 4 characters long the basic search method will be used, which defaults to logic AND in external.php. The Full Text search, which would be invoked otherwise uses true relevancy and should return all products with red or jumper.
The basic search method can be modified to use logic OR. In your external.php, look for the following code around line 476:
$where = implode(" AND ",$wheres);...and REPLACE with:
$where = implode(" OR ",$wheres);Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.
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