$smwgEnabledFulltextSearch

Configuration parameter details:
Name	$smwgEnabledFulltextSearch
Description	Sets whether full-text search support for properties may be used
Default setting	false
(Other) available settings	true Allows to enable full-text search for properties
Software	Semantic MediaWiki
Since version	2.5.0
Until version	still available
Configuration	Full-text search · Experimental
Keyword	full-text search · data store · relational database · sql store · sql database · experimental

$smwgEnabledFulltextSearch is a configuration parameter that sets whether full-text search support may be used. It is specific to a relational data store and currently supports MySQL/MariaDB1 and SQLite2 while PostgreSQL34 is currently not supported. It was introduced in Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0Released on 14 March 2017 and compatible with MW 1.23.0 - 1.29.x..1

Using the feature connected to this configuration parameter is considered experimental!

Default setting

$smwgEnabledFulltextSearch = false;

This means that full-text search support is not available.

Changing the default setting

Maintenance script "rebuildFulltextSearchTable.php"Allows to rebuild the full text search data table has to be run after enabling this feature. Also set up a cron job to regularity run this maintenance script for best full-text search experience.

To modify this configuration parameter, add one of the following lines to your "LocalSettings.php" file after the enableSemantics() call:

Enable the full-text search feature

$smwgEnabledFulltextSearch = true;

This means that full-text search support is available. The wiki will now store text elements using a separate table in order for the relational back-end to use special full-text index operations.

See also

General information

• Help page on full-text search
• Help page on how to use full-text search

Related configuration parameters

• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgFulltextDeferredUpdateSets the number of expected full-text search index updates − Allows to throttle the number of expected index updates
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgFulltextSearchTableOptionsSets the full-text search table options to use during installation or update − Allows to set database related options
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgFulltextSearchMinTokenSizeSets the minimum word/token length to help to decide whether MATCH or LIKE operators are to be used for a condition statement − Allows to describe the minimum word/token
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgFulltextLanguageDetectionSets which languages to detect for the full-text search from an indexable text − Allows to detect a language (experimental setting)
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgFulltextSearchIndexableDataTypesSets which datatypes are allowed to be indexed using the full-text search − Allows to list datatypes that should be indexed
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgFulltextSearchPropertyExemptionListSets the property keys for which value assignments are being exempted from the full-text indexing − Allows to list properties that should be not be indexed
• Help page on option SMW_FIELDT_CHAR_LONG to configuration parameter $smwgDVFeatures − Allows to extend the searchable field length to 300 characters without the need to enable the full-text search feature