Quick Start

This guide will quickly setup sfSearch in about 10 minutes. It is written to integrate Zend_Search_Lucene, Propel, and symfony specifically.

Install

Checkout the neccessary packages:

• Checkout sfSearchPlugin:

  svn co http://svn.symfony-project.com/plugins/sfSearchPlugin/trunk/core plugins/sfSearchPlugin
  

• Checkout sfLucenePlugin:

  svn co http://svn.symfony-project.com/plugins/sfLucenePlugin/trunk/lucene plugins/sfLucenePlugin
  

• Checkout sfPropelSearchPlugin:

  svn co http://svn.symfony-project.com/plugins/sfPropelSearchPlugin/trunk/propel plugins/sfPropelSearchPlugin
  

Configure Index

Now we are ready to configure our first index.

Intialize Index

Create the index skeleton:

symfony search:init-index MySearchIndex

This will create the file %SF_ROOT_DIR%/lib/search/MySearchIndex.class.php .

Open %SF_ROOT_DIR%/lib/search/MySearchIndex.class.php and locate the following segment:

<?php
protected function configure()
{
}

Setup Zend_Search_Lucene

Give the index a backend indexing engine:

<?php
protected function configure()
{
  $this->setEngine(new xfLuceneEngine(sfConfig::get('sf_data_dir') . '/index/MySearchIndex'));
}

Setup Propel Services

Tell sfSearch to index your book model:

<?php
protected function configure()
{
  $this->setEngine(new xfLuceneEngine(sfConfig::get('sf_data_dir') . '/index/MySearchIndex'));

  $bookService = new xfService(new xfPropelIdentifier('Book'));
  $bookService->addBuilder(new xfPropelBuilder(array(
          new xfField('author', xfField::KEYWORD),
          new xfField('title', xfField::TEXT),
          new xfField('description', xfField::TEXT),
          new xfField('isbn', xfField::KEYORD)
          )));
  $bookService->addRetort(new xfRetortField);
  $bookService->addRetort(new xfRetortRoute('book/preview?isbn=$isbn$'));

  $this->getServiceRegistry()->register($bookService);
}

To have sfSearch automatically update your model when you save or delete it, open lib/model/Book.php and append the following to the bottom of the class declaration:

<?php
xfPropelBehavior::register('Book', array('MySearchIndex'));

Repeat this section for each model.

Configure Interface

Create skeleton interface:

symfony search:init-interface frontend search MySearchIndex 

Open apps/frontend/modules/search/config/generator.yml and you will see:

generator:
  class:              xfGeneratorInterface
  param:
    index_class:      MySearch
    theme:            default

Configure how to display each service:

generator:
  class:              xfGeneratorInterface
  param:
    index_class:      MySearch
    theme:            default

    simple:
     services:
      propel-Book:
        title: getTitle
        description: getDescription
        route: getRoute 

Make sure you change "title", "description", and "route" to match the retorts you registered in the service registry.

Repeat the block

propel-Book:
  title: getTitle
  description: getDescription
  route: getRoute 

for every service you have.

Find Something

We are now ready to start searching the index.

Clear Cache

symfony cache:clear

Populate Index

Build the index:

symfony search:populate MySearchIndex

Test Interface

Surf to http://localhost/project/search and try a search. Enjoy!

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