How do I use exact search without quotation marks?

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People can search for exact words in a post by putting them in quotation marks "like this", but how do I make it so people don't have to put a post in quotation marks to get an exact search?

I just need to make exact search the default search so people don't have to use quotation marks.

hgtonight

You could hook into the searchModel_search_handler and modify the search query to be wrapped in quotes.

public function searchModel_search_handler($sender) {
    $sender->EventArguments['Search'] = '"' . $sender->EventArguments['Search'] . '"';
}

Seems pretty hackish though.

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Alright but which file do I put that code into?

hgtonight

Sorry for not explaining myself. Put the hook in a new plugin.

1. Create a folder /plugins/ForceExactSearch
2. Create a file in /plugins/ForceExactSearch/class.forceexcactsearch.plugin.php

3. In that file, paste the following:

   <?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
   /* Copyright 2015 Zachary Doll */
   $PluginInfo['ForceExactSearch'] = array(
     'Name' => 'Force Exact Search',
     'Description' => 'Wraps all search queries in quotes.',
     'Version' => '0.1',
     'MobileFriendly' => TRUE,
     'Author' => 'Zachary Doll',
     'AuthorEmail' => 'hgtonight@daklutz.com',
     'AuthorUrl' => 'http://www.daklutz.com',
     'License' => 'GPLv3'
   );
   class ForceExactSearch extends Gdn_Plugin {
       public function searchModel_search_handler($sender) {
           $sender->EventArguments['Search'] = '"' . $sender->EventArguments['Search'] . '"';
       }
   }
   

4. Enable the plugin via your dashboard.

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It's not working for me for some reason. I enabled the plugin but when I search for something the quotes don't show.

hgtonight

The quotes shouldn't show, it should be transparent to the user since we are dealing with the model.

About

Sorry I mean that it doesn't add the quotes to the search.

Like try making two topics and put https://www.google.com/#q=test in the first topic's body

and https://www.google.com/#q=test2

in the second topic's body.

Then search for https://www.google.com/#q=test

It shows both topics in the search.

But if I search by adding the quotation marks manually like "https://www.google.com/#q=test"

then it shows only one topic. How do I make the plugin automatically add the quotes to the search?

About

Can anyone help with this?

Bleistivt

https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/blob/2.1/applications/dashboard/models/class.searchmodel.php#L109

Looks like there is a reference missing

I guess the same could be achieved by manipulating the form data.