Search Option

**Bruce1952** · 30 Jun 2016, 01:17 PM

Hi all,

Having an issue with the search option not searching some fields and would like to know which file I need to make changes to so that it will search different fields or exclude ones.

Any help would be appreciated.

**DrByte** · 30 Jun 2016, 05:41 PM

The PHP code for that is complex. It's in the default_filters.php file. But I recommend exercising caution when editing that.

More importantly, which fields do you want it to search and why?

**lat9** · 30 Jun 2016, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by DrByte

The PHP code for that is complex. It's in the default_filters.php file. But I recommend exercising caution when editing that.

More importantly, which fields do you want it to search and why?

Those index_filters are also overridable, so you don't need to carve up the as-shipped version of the file to try your changes. Simply copy the file /includes/index_filters/default_filters.php to /includes/index_filters/YOUR_TEMPLATE/default_filters.php and make your edits there.

If you choose not to use your customizations, simply delete the template-override version of the file and you'll be back to the default as-shipped version.