PHP Manual: Prepare a search query

Description

object Swish::prepare ([ string $query ] )

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.

Prepare and return a search object, which you can later use for unlimited number of queries.

Parameters

query: Optional query string. The query can be also set using SwishSearch::execute method.

Return Values

Returns SwishSearch object.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws SwishException on error.

Examples

Example #1 Basic Swish::prepare example


<?php

try {

    $swish = new Swish("index.swish-e");
    $search = $swish->prepare("search query");
    $results = $search->execute();
    echo "Found: ", $results->hits, " hits\n";

    $results = $search->execute("new search");

    echo "Found: ", $results->hits, " hits\n";
} catch (SwishException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Found: 2 hits
Found: 5 hits