special characters

  • Resolved WildFire

    (@wildfire9859)


    2 weeks ago

    hello

    i think search doesn’t work correctly when there’s special character in the phrase , for example when i try to search for something like assassin’s creed which has the special character ( ‘ ) in one of its words , i get stuck on loading bar and no result is displayed.

    also i think it would be great if you can make adjustment to plugin so that even if someone simply search for “assassins creed” without puting that special character , all the results even with special characters be displayed aswell.

    for example someone search for “assassins creed” , but aside from the results for this phrase , the results for the “assassin’s creed ” which has a special character in the middle of it , also be displayed

    thank you in advance for your help with this matter

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  • Plugin Support Kris

    (@c0nst)

    Hi @wildfire9859!

    In the free version, you can use this code snippet to replace the original phrase with another to avoid getting no results.

    add_filter( 'dgwt/wcas/phrase', function( $keyword ) {
    	$replacements = array(
    		'assassins'    => "assassin's",
    		'children'     => "child's",
    		// Add more phrases
    	);

    	foreach ( $replacements as $original => $replacement ) {
    		$keyword = preg_replace( '/\b' . preg_quote( $original, '/' ) . '\b/i', $replacement, $keyword );
    	}

    	return $keyword;
    } );

    You have two ways to add this code to your theme:

    1. Open the functions.php in your child theme and add the code at the end.
    2. or install the Code Snippets plugin and apply this code as a snippet.

    Best regards,
    Kris

    Thread Starter WildFire

    (@wildfire9859)

    thank you

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