Feature: Narrowsearch #

Full-text natural language search engine. Queries the `search_index` table with `MATCH...AGAINST` (MariaDB Natural Language Mode), weights relevance by title (×3) and displays up to 50 results.

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Installation and Configuration #

Via FTP: Upload the `narrowsearch/` directory into `/plugins/`.

Via package manager: Select `narrowsearch` from the available plugins list.

Paths:

• Main plugin: `/plugins/narrowsearch/narrowsearch.php`
• Configuration: `/plugins/narrowsearch/conf/narrowsearch.conf.inc.php`
• Widget: `/plugins/narrowsearch/widget/`

Configuration parameters:

| Constant | Default | Description |

|---|---|---|

| `NARROW_LIMIT` | `50` | Maximum number of results |

| `NARROW_WARN` | `30` | Warning threshold (too many results) |

Required SQL table: `search_index`

Columns: `url`, `title`, `source`, `lang`, `content`

The table must be populated by the siteindexer plugin.

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Usage #

Search Form #

• Text input (200 character limit)
• GET submission

Results #

Match table with:

• Title (link to the indexed URL)
• Source (originating plugin)
• Relevance score

If more than `NARROW_WARN` results are returned, a warning prompts the user to refine the query.

If the `search_index` table does not exist, an explanatory error message is displayed.

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Hooks and Entry Points #

?obj=narrowsearch.php		  — Empty form
?obj=narrowsearch.php&q=TERM   — Search results

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Dependencies #

• `Beamreactor\Database\SQL`
• siteindexer plugin — populates the `search_index` table
• MariaDB with FULLTEXT support (InnoDB or MyISAM)