MySQL Fulltext Searching

[forumdude]

Welp. Here it is, my official request for this hack. I know that vbulletin has said fulltext searching will be supported in a later version of vbulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93105) but quite frankly I want to reap the benefits of vb3 when it comes out instead of waiting for what seems like eternity for vb3 just to have to wait for a later version. :tired:

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We can't possibly use vbulletin without the fulltext searching ability and I know there are other boards out there that are in the same boat.

I'm willing to start a fund for someone who can write a good fulltext searching hack for vb3 and I'm more than willing to throw $50 bucks into the pot. If we can find someone who is a reputable hacker this could turn out well for not only those who need the functionality but the person writing the hack as well.

[Andreas]

I'd be highly interested too, would also put some ? into the pot

[msimplay]

yes me too i am willing to put some money for this hack

[ImportPassion]

me too.

[alexi]

disboards.com will kick in $100.00 if it works as well as the last one!

[Lumina]

I second this request.
(but sorry, no money)

[Nitesh]

yeap i would be willing to pay aswell. I requested as soon as vb went to RC. Very important for us with the larger boards

[msimplay]

Even invision powerboard 1.2 has this as standard

[Andreas]

What a shame that vB does not have it out of the box yet

[YogiTW]

I completed this hack earlier this week because our very large forums could not use the usual search engine. Since the license doesn't allow me to just send out my search.php and I don't have the time to package it up nicely it is now in someone else's hands to do that for me. Hopefully you'll see it soon.

It took me less than a day to put it together. It consisted mostly of commenting out a few hundred line of vB's phrase logic (which is replace by mysql's boolean search capabilities) and then changing a couple of lines of the SQL code. From the user's stand point it looks EXACTLY the same as the old search engine