Search not working
 

Hello,

I am having problems when searching for member posts or anything. Every time I try to search for members post & threads, this comes up: http://snpr.cm/bv2Ro2.png and The same thing happens when I try to search for stuff not related to a member. I tried rebuilding index and clearing it.

Any ideas?
-Chaldo;)

Here is a page from the manual about troubleshooting blank or 'white' pages: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/blank_pages

I assure you I did everything that article told me to do and nothing.

-Chaldo;)

What is in your error_logs when you try to search? What happened right before it stopped working - anything done on the server or to vbulletin? What version php/mysql?

I was on godaddy shared, moved jaguarpc VPS for a few days, it was terrible so I bought a vps at godaddy and now im there. Btw, where is my error_logs?

-Chaldo;)

If you don't know where your error_logs are, then ask your host.

you didn't answer about php/mysql version

PHP Version: php version 5.1.6

mysql version: mysql-5.0.77-4.el5_4.2

And that is why your search will not work:

Can you give me a tutorial on how to install php 5.2 on centos?

-Chaldo;)

Sorry, I can't do that as I always hire someone to upgrade my PHP/mySQL/etc. My server and I don't always get along and I just *know* it would deliberately sabotage my efforts if I tried to upgrade PHP myself. :)

That's what they made EasyApache (Apache Update) for, Lynne. ;)

I upgraded to PHP 5.3.6 and it was a breeze.

Search function on our system (4.0.6) is a nightmare! Search from the ACP, as well as from the widgets fails to return correct post counts, etc. The best option is to go to Advanced Search, select "Search Single Content Type" for Posts and enter criteria. But the results still do not come close to the parameters.

For example, I will search for my own posts for the past two days, knowing I've posted, say 10. I might get back 3. If I add keywords, sometimes I get 0, sometimes not. Plus, the search takes forever.

We're on PHP 5.2.14, MySQL 5.0.92 community, cPanelPro 1.1 (RC1)
(We had vB do the install, and the tech assured us versions were fine.)

Our Mods go nuts trying to find results. We put newbies under moderation for a few posts to make sure they aren't spammers or trolls. Some stay longer than 2 or 3 posts, if content is questionable, so I historically use the APC to find posts. But that's been a genuine pain since we upgraded, and our Mods are really complaining about it. We get a lot of surfers who come specifically to find information, and my "contact us" feedback gets complaints that the search is worthless.

Any ideas why or what to look for?

It's really not a good idea to hijack someone else's thread.

Do you have search indexing turned on for all forums - forum manager > forum > Index New Posts in Search Engine> Yes. If that was set to no and you change it to Yes, you must then Rebuild the search indexes in maintenance > update counters > Rebuild search index.