SofaRider » wordpress search http://rider.sofarider.com WordPress Themes, Widgets, Development | WEB & Graphic Design Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:40:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 WP Search page results – how to display Match percentage http://rider.sofarider.com/blog/wordpress-tips/wp-search-page-results-how-to-display-match-percentage/ http://rider.sofarider.com/blog/wordpress-tips/wp-search-page-results-how-to-display-match-percentage/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:37:46 +0000 Feeleep http://rider.sofarider.com/?p=63 search-iconI haven’t seen it so far implemented in WordPress, anybody else? OK, here’s a little piece of code which will allow you to set the Match percentage on search result page of your WordPress theme. I guess it’s not hard to represent it graphically if one prefers, however I’ll stay focused on information only.
Yeah I know, many will say this info is not relevant or accurate enough but I found it quite useful when searching for specific phrase or string in the woods of search results.


<?php
	// 'search.php'...get the search string $_GET[ 's' ], compare with content
	similar_text( $_GET[ 's' ], get_the_content(), $percentMatch );
    // round up result
	$percentMatch = round( $percentMatch * 100 );
    // get rid of inflates
	if( $percentMatch > 100 ) $percentMatch = 100;
    // output result
	echo 'Match: <strong>' . $percentMatch . '%</strong>';
?>

Note that you will have to use this code within the loop. Otherwise get_the_content() is quite useless. I’m not sure whether similar_text() may affect server’s performance and slow down your site a bit…I guess there are people knowing better than myself and willing to share their knowledge.

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