Search script - Development page

The search.pl script was written by IvorW.

Please report any bugs in the search script here. If you can give an example as a URL, please do so. Use the form <nowiki>what you intended</nowiki>

Please note that you will have to escape out the following characters in the URL:

• ' ' as +
• '*' as %2a
• '%' as %25
• '&' as %26
• '|' as %7c
• '\'' as %27
• '"' as %22
• '(' as %28
• ')' as %29

Bugs

• Add your bug here. Please include the search version number if known.
  • I will add comments as I see fit --IvorW

Wish list

Please feel free to add comments and suggestions here.

• Automatic stemming, as per <nowiki>DBIx::FullTextSearch</nowiki>

Releases

• [/1.01]?
• 1.02 - changed to use Grubstreet style sheet
• 1.03 - Fix HTML escaping problems in search results that confused some browsers.