0% and -nn% search results???

[VAXman]

Is this a bug? An error in the collection or computation of the search results perhaps?

I did a search for a word that appears only in one entry. Search results correctly returned this entry but the percentage was listed as 0%. If I search for a word that appears in several entries, I again get the proper entries listed but percentages can be anywhere from 100% to some -nn%.

PivotX 2.3.1
PHP 5.3.6
Flat files.

[VAXman]

Nevermind. I see in module modulesearch.php in weighSearchResult() that there is an age penalty.

I copied out this routine, commented out the line:

// $weight -= $agepenalty;

put the result into a subdirectory of extensions as 'searchweight' and called it hook_searchweight.php

I added the required // header stuff and this:

$this->addHook(
'weigh_search_result',
'callback',
'hook_weighSearchResult'
);

To make a hook for the callout which exists in module_search.php.

No more NEGATIVES!!!

[hansfn]

Or just use the latest 2.3.x version (pivotx-2.3.x-latest.zip) from http://pivotx.net/files/unstable-development/

In other words, this has been fixed and will be part of 2.3.2.

[VAXman]

Wilco. However, this was as good a time as any to get my feet wet with the "hooks." Pretty simple.

I did make a modification to the actual source in 'scheduler.php' because I'm running this on VMS. VMS has a versioning file system. I wound up with a HUGE number of schedule.txt;n files used just to store a simple number. I modified the code to store the value in a VMS logical name that's define in the group logical table of the Apache server. It's ridiculous to save this time and time again in a file.

Also, I'd like an option for the list of "executable" files that the admin reports on. I'd like to be able to remove .COM!!!