Search result html entity

this is because “8” is also a search term and that would get highlighted.

Yes, “8” is the search term, but the result isn’t correct, because it highlights the entity of “-” which is – and contains the “8”.

In the backend it looks like DISPLAYTAUSCH (TOUCH + LCD) -, I don’t get why the entity code get searched too for “8”.

So, can I exclude expressions from the search, so they are ignored in the result? That would be a possible workaround.

ty

Thanks. That’s clear now by what you mean by entity! Can you show me where on your site you’re seeing this?

I think a possible way to avoid that would be to only highlight terms that are 2 characters and longer.

Are you in a position to make code edits on your site?

Hi, I am using the search only for the cpt price tabs on the page https://www.webillusions.it/unsere-preisliste/. There are listed all prices for smartphone repairs. If someone search for “iphone 8”, it should display all results for “iphone” and “8”, so to highlight terms that are 2 characters and longer would not be a good solution.
I can make code edits, in fact, I am web developer, so coding is not a huge problem.

Page price list: https://snipboard.io/VKjGqi.jpg

Page price list – dev tools: https://snipboard.io/lHMAUD.jpg

Page price list – search result: https://snipboard.io/vfSpH1.jpg

I’m thinking this might be as simple as decoding the HTML entities.

In this line to first run html_entity_decode
https://github.com/WebberZone/better-search/blob/v3.0.3/includes/utilities.php#L382

$output = preg_replace( $reg_ex, '<span class="bsearch_highlight">$1</span>', html_entity_decode( $input ) );

Another alternative could be to use word boundaries in the regex:

i.e. using this pattern

'/\b('.implode('|', $keys).')\b(?![^<]*[>])/iu'

Ok, I replaced the code snippet $output = preg_replace( $reg_ex, '<span class="bsearch_highlight">$1</span>', html_entity_decode( $input ) ); in utilities.php of your plugin, it works perfect.

Can I perhaps hook in your plugin to make this change secure for future updates of your plugin?

ty

Thanks for confirming. I’ve filed an issue in Github to be implemented in v3.1.0

Perfect, thank you!

I’ve added a bug-fix release within Github. Will you be in a position to install and test this?

https://github.com/WebberZone/better-search/releases/tag/v3.1.0-beta1

You can download the zip file there and install it via Plugins > Add New > upload