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MySQL 3 Character Searches

From: Fixing MySQL Searches

Search is restricted to words > 3 characters. There seems to be a solution:

Source: http://ywwg.com/wordpress/?p=338 Three Letter Searches with MediaWiki

Here are the basic steps:

  1. edit my.cnf, adding the line "ft_min_word_len=3"
  2. restart MySQL server
  3. THEN run "php maintenance/updateSearchIndex.php"

See also searching preferences

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