SwishSearch::execute

Execute the search and get the results

Description

object SwishSearch::execute ([ 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.

Searches the index file(s) based on the parameters set in the search object.

Parameters

query

The query string is an optional parameter, it can be also set using Swish::prepare method. The query string is preserved between executions, so you can set it once, but execute the search multiple times.

Return Values

Returns SwishResults object.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws SwishException on error.

Examples

Example #1 Basic SwishSearch::execute example

<?php

try {

    
$swish = new Swish("index.swish-e");
    
$search $swish->prepare();

    
$results $search->execute("query");
    echo 
"First query found: "$results->hits" hits\n";

    
$results $search->execute("new OR query");
    echo 
"Second query found: "$results->hits" hits\n";

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

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

First query found: 2 hits
Second query found: 12 hits