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Back Room => Updates and Upsets => Topic started by: Mac on Oct 22, 2010, 17:30:02

Title: weird problems with search.
Post by: Mac on Oct 22, 2010, 17:30:02
why cant you search for the following terms
www & http
when you enter those details it says
QuoteDid you forget to put something to search for?

The only reason is i'm searching for a web link that was posted.

Mac.
Title: Re: weird problems with search.
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Oct 22, 2010, 17:48:13
Probably because & is a reserved character in php
Title: Re: weird problems with search.
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Oct 22, 2010, 17:50:03
I take that back it works for me, its an exact match, are you trying and AND ?

Title: Re: weird problems with search.
Post by: Mac on Oct 22, 2010, 18:23:51
nope i was searching for www and http separately.
not as a single search term.
Title: Re: weird problems with search.
Post by: Rick on Oct 22, 2010, 23:53:03
It is rather odd, isn't it. Looks like it removes "http" and "www" from search strings. Mind, if you did manage to fool it into searching for them you'll probably get an unuseful number of hits...
Title: Re: weird problems with search.
Post by: Mac on Oct 23, 2010, 03:15:54
i was just searching in the last 60 days in date order as i know the post was within that date, but just cant remember where or when,
i'll keep trying and see what i get.

Mac
Title: Re: weird problems with search.
Post by: Rick on Oct 23, 2010, 09:44:51
Best try to find a term a little less generic. Searching for "http" or "www" is like searching for "the". Try searching for "com" or "net" or "co uk" or something slightly more specific.