Notice: CMSB v2.60 Beta 1 (Jan 30, 2014)

Hi. I would be interested in better understanding the new search feature defined as:
"OR searches in the CMS and all viewers, you can now show results that match ("one thing" OR "another"), not just exact matches"

I learn best by a code example, if that can be provided.

Thanks in advance.
~ Deborah

Hi Deborah, 

Sure, see our addons page here: http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/

I can show all the addons with the keyword "builder" like this: 
http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/?name_keyword=builder

And all the addons with the keyword "login' like this:
http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/?name_keyword=login

But if you wanted to show addons that contain "builder" or "login" this doesn't work: 
http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/?name_keyword=builder&name_keyword=login

Because PHP overwrites the first value with the second (it just shows plugins with "login" in the name).  To get around this you can put [] before the = and it tells PHP to store those values as a list (or array).  And we've added some code to detect that and turn it into an or search.

So now this works (you just need to add [] before the =

http://www.interactivetools.com/add-ons/?name_keyword[]=builder&name_keyword[]=login

You can safely add [] after any fieldname, even if you're just searching for one value.  Here it is in a search form: 

Keyword 1: <input type="text" name="name_keyword[]" value="" /><br/>
Keyword 2: <input type="text" name="name_keyword[]" value="" /><br/>

And you can also do multi-value <select>'s as well.

So anytime you submit a search form or URL with two fields of the same name, so long as there is [] after the fieldname it will do an OR search for all the submitted values.

Hope that makes sense.  Let me know any questions.

Dave,

I much appreciate your provided examples and explanations.There's a couple of website applications I have in mind that I could use this with and can't wait to test it out on my own.

~ Deborah

HI Dave

here is a speed test run from our server using v2.60

Hi All, 

Thanks for your feedback.  I've released v2.60 final.  Here's the updated changelog items since the last beta.  

- Admin Backup: These log tables are now skipped during backup: _outgoing_mail, _cron_log (can be overridden with plugin filter backupDatabase_skippedTables)
- CMS Menus: Image preview thumbnails are now limited in height so extremely tall images don't make page too long
- CMS Menus: Dates on list pages now display in whatever format is specified under: Admin > General > Regional Settings
- Compatibility: Fixed PHP 5.5 warning: Deprecated: preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated
- Images: Using new faster image resizing code by default
- Security: Disabled autocomplete on login username and password fields so sensitive data won't be remembered in browser
- Viewers: whereRecordNumberInUrl() now ignores Google AdWords auto-tagging values (gclid) when determining record numbers

You can download the latest version here: https://www.interactivetools.com/order/upgrade.php

Feel free to post any questions on a new thread, thanks!

Hi Beta Testers, 

We've released a patch for a potential security issue found in the 2.60 release.  If you're running 2.60 please follow the instructions here to upgrade to 2.61:
http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2233257#post2233257

Please email me at dave@interactivetools.com if you have any questions or need any assistance (we're always happy to help).

Thanks!