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Hi all,

I have a little problem with the VM search module.

Situation:
- I have product with title "čelenka"
- when my search string is "čelenka", module find him - this is ok
- but when I try "celenka" (č - c), module can not find the product

My question is:
- this is standard situation?
- when no, is problem with language settings? Shop language is slovak, but VM was installed in the EN language (I think)
- it is necessary to modify the search plugin?

thx

ok, I found solution. (J v3.8.8 + VM v3.2.14)

1. go to /plugins/search/ and duplicate (and rename e.g. virtuemartMod) folder "virtuemart"

2. rename files virtuemart.php and virtuemart.xml to e.g. virtuemartMod.php and virtuemartMod.xml

3. open virtuemartMod.xml and rename:
from
<filename plugin="virtuemart">virtuemart.php</filename>
to
<filename plugin="virtuemartMod">virtuemartMod.php</filename>

4. open virtuemartMod.php rename class:
from
class plgSearchVirtuemart extends JPlugin
to
class plgSearchVirtuemartMod extends JPlugin

5. modily switch function about line 103 like this

Quoteswitch ($phrase) {
         case 'exact':
            $wheres2 = array();
            // product_sku should be exact match
            $text = $db->quote("%$text%", TRUE);
            $wheres2[] = "p.product_sku LIKE $text";
            $wheres2[] = "a.product_name COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $text";
            $wheres2[] = "b.$category_field COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $text";
            if ($search_product_s_description)
               $wheres2[] = "a.product_s_desc COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $text";
            if ($search_product_description)
               $wheres2[] = "a.product_desc COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $text";
            if ($search_customfields)
               $wheres2[] = "(cf.customfield_value LIKE $text $customfield_ids_condition)";
            $where = '(' . implode (') OR (', $wheres2) . ')';
            break;
         case 'all':
         case 'any':
         default:
            $words = explode (' ', $text);
            $wheres = array();
            foreach ($words as $word) {
               $wheres2 = array();
               // product_sku should be exact match
          $word = $db->quote("%$word%", TRUE);
               $wheres2[] = "p.product_sku LIKE $word";               
               $wheres2[] = "a.product_name COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $word";
               $wheres2[] = "b.$category_field COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $word";
               if ($search_product_s_description)
                  $wheres2[] = "a.product_s_desc COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $word";
               if ($search_product_description)
                  $wheres2[] = "a.product_desc COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE $word";
               if ($search_customfields)
                  $wheres2[] = "(cf.customfield_value LIKE $word $customfield_ids_condition)";

               $wheres[] = implode (' OR ', $wheres2);
            }
            $where = '(' . implode (($phrase == 'all' ? ') AND (' : ') OR ('), $wheres) . ')';
            break;
      }

@milbo, it would not be bad to add COLLATE option to VM search.

yes, quite easy todo, just some work. The param needs to be added to the xml and needs language keys and translation.