[4.2] Smart Search: Allow fuzzy word matching

administrator/components/com_finder/config.xml

@@ -4,8 +4,18 @@
 	<fieldset
 		name="search"
 		label="COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_SEARCH_OPTIONS_LABEL"
-		description="COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_SEARCH_OPTIONS_DESCRIPTION"
 		>
+		<field
+			name="word_match"
+			type="list"
+			label="COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_LABEL"
+			description="COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_DESC"
+			default="exact"
+			>
+			<option value="exact">COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_OPTION_EXACT</option>
+			<option value="begin">COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_OPTION_BEGIN</option>
+			<option value="fuzzy">COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_OPTION_FUZZY</option>
+		</field>
 
 		<field
 			name="show_taxonomy"

administrator/components/com_finder/src/Indexer/Query.php

@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ class Query
 	 */
 	public $when2;
 
+	/**
+	 * Match search terms exactly or with a LIKE scheme
+	 *
+	 * @var    string
+	 * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 */
+	public $wordmode;
+
 	/**
 	 * Method to instantiate the query object.
 	 *
@@ -196,6 +204,9 @@ public function __construct($options)
 		// Get the matching mode.
 		$this->mode = 'AND';
 
+		// Set the word matching mode
+		$this->wordmode = !empty($options['word_match']) ? $options['word_match'] : 'exact';
+
 		// Initialize the temporary date storage.
 		$this->dates = new Registry;
 
@@ -1343,8 +1354,23 @@ protected function getTokenData($token)
 		else
 		{
 			// Add the term to the query.
-			$query->where('(t.term = ' . $db->quote($token->term) . ' OR t.stem = ' . $db->quote($token->stem) . ')')
-				->where('t.phrase = 0')
+
+			$searchTerm = $token->term;
+			$searchStem = $token->stem;
+
+			if ($this->wordmode === 'begin')
+			{
+				$searchTerm .= '%';
+				$searchStem .= '%';
+			}
+			elseif ($this->wordmode === 'fuzzy')
+			{
+				$searchTerm = '%' . $searchTerm . '%';
+				$searchStem = '%' . $searchStem . '%';
+			}
+
+			$query->where('(t.term = ' . $db->quote($searchTerm) . ' OR t.stem = ' . $db->quote($searchStem) . ')');
+			$query->where('t.phrase = 0')
 				->where('t.language IN (\'*\',' . $db->quote($token->language) . ')');
 		}
 

administrator/language/en-GB/com_finder.ini

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ COM_FINDER_CONFIG_TITLE_MULTIPLIER_LABEL="Title Text Weight Multiplier"
 COM_FINDER_CONFIG_TUPLECOUNT_LABEL="Search for Phrases"
 COM_FINDER_CONFIG_TUPLECOUNT_PHRASE_DISABLED="Disabled (Improved performance)"
 COM_FINDER_CONFIG_TUPLECOUNT_PHRASE_ENABLED="Enabled (Improved search results)"
+COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_DESC="This option allows to set how search terms are matched in the index. By default a word is matched exactly, but when a language supports compound words, this allows to match the search term to the beginning or in a random place inside of words in the index."
+COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_LABEL="Word Match"
+COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_OPTION_BEGIN="Also match words beginning with the search term"
+COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_OPTION_EXACT="Match exactly"
+COM_FINDER_CONFIG_WORD_MATCH_OPTION_FUZZY="Match words containing the search term anywhere"
 COM_FINDER_CONFIGURATION="Smart Search: Options"
 COM_FINDER_CONTENT_PLUGIN="Smart Search Content Plugin"
 COM_FINDER_CREATE_FILTER="Create a filter."
@@ -65,9 +70,8 @@ COM_FINDER_EMPTYSTATE_CONTENT="No content has been indexed or you have deleted a
 COM_FINDER_EMPTYSTATE_SEARCHES_CONTENT="There are no phrases used for site searching to view yet."
 COM_FINDER_FIELD_CREATED_BY_ALIAS_LABEL="Alias"
 COM_FINDER_FIELD_CREATED_BY_LABEL="Created By"
-COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_INDEX_OPTIONS_DESCRIPTION="Indexing options"
+COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_INDEX_OPTIONS_DESCRIPTION="These options influence how the content is indexed. After changing settings here, the index needs to be rebuilt."
 COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_INDEX_OPTIONS_LABEL="Index"
-COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_SEARCH_OPTIONS_DESCRIPTION="Smart Search options"
 COM_FINDER_FIELDSET_SEARCH_OPTIONS_LABEL="Smart Search"
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_BRANCH_LABEL="Search by %s"
 COM_FINDER_FILTER_EDIT_TOOLBAR_TITLE="Smart Search: Edit Filter"

components/com_finder/src/Model/SearchModel.php

@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ protected function populateState($ordering = null, $direction = null)
 		// Get the query language.
 		$options['language'] = $request->getCmd('l', $params->get('l', $language->getTag()));
 
+		// Set the word match mode
+		$options['word_match'] = $params->get('word_match', 'exact');
+
 		// Get the start date and start date modifier filters.
 		$options['date1'] = $request->getString('d1', $params->get('d1', ''));
 		$options['when1'] = $request->getString('w1', $params->get('w1', ''));
@@ -487,65 +490,4 @@ protected function populateState($ordering = null, $direction = null)
 		$this->setState('user.id', (int) $user->get('id'));
 		$this->setState('user.groups', $user->getAuthorisedViewLevels());
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Method to retrieve data from cache.
-	 *
-	 * @param   string   $id          The cache store id.
-	 * @param   boolean  $persistent  Flag to enable the use of external cache. [optional]
-	 *
-	 * @return  mixed  The cached data if found, null otherwise.
-	 *
-	 * @since   2.5
-	 */
-	protected function retrieve($id, $persistent = true)
-	{
-		$data = null;
-
-		// Use the internal cache if possible.
-		if (isset($this->cache[$id]))
-		{
-			return $this->cache[$id];
-		}
-
-		// Use the external cache if data is persistent.
-		if ($persistent)
-		{
-			$data = Factory::getCache($this->context, 'output')->get($id);
-			$data = $data ? unserialize($data) : null;
-		}
-
-		// Store the data in internal cache.
-		if ($data)
-		{
-			$this->cache[$id] = $data;
-		}
-
-		return $data;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Method to store data in cache.
-	 *
-	 * @param   string   $id          The cache store id.
-	 * @param   mixed    $data        The data to cache.
-	 * @param   boolean  $persistent  Flag to enable the use of external cache. [optional]
-	 *
-	 * @return  boolean  True on success, false on failure.
-	 *
-	 * @since   2.5
-	 */
-	protected function store($id, $data, $persistent = true)
-	{
-		// Store the data in internal cache.
-		$this->cache[$id] = $data;
-
-		// Store the data in external cache if data is persistent.
-		if ($persistent)
-		{
-			return Factory::getCache($this->context, 'output')->store(serialize($data), $id);
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
 }