Re: [Mediawiki-l] 'contains' search

2009-08-26 Thread Robert Carter
Thanks for your help. I'll look into this example. Rob On 26/08/2009, at 7:47 AM, Matthias Korn wrote: > The LinkSuggest extension does something like this for titles. Maybe > it > helps to look at it: > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Link_Suggest > > Best, > matsch > > > Am Wed, 26 A

Re: [Mediawiki-l] 'contains' search

2009-08-25 Thread Matthias Korn
The LinkSuggest extension does something like this for titles. Maybe it helps to look at it: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Link_Suggest Best, matsch Am Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:22:35 +1200 schrieb Robert Carter : > Thanks for your response. To describe more clearly: The ajax suggest > fu

Re: [Mediawiki-l] 'contains' search

2009-08-25 Thread Robert Carter
Thanks for your response. To describe more clearly: The ajax suggest function of the wiki will do a dynamic search of page titles. But by default it will only match article titles that begin with the search term. Eg search for 'foo' will match 'foobar', but not 'barfoo'. I'm trying to find

Re: [Mediawiki-l] 'contains' search

2009-08-25 Thread Platonides
Robert Carter wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'd like to make a custom search box for our wiki that will do a > 'contains' search. I have tested using the mediawiki API and that > gives a 'begins with' search. The format is just what I need, but how > to do a 'contains' search? - using API or som

[Mediawiki-l] 'contains' search

2009-08-24 Thread Robert Carter
Hi everyone, I'd like to make a custom search box for our wiki that will do a 'contains' search. I have tested using the mediawiki API and that gives a 'begins with' search. The format is just what I need, but how to do a 'contains' search? - using API or some other method. Rob ___