Search

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The search method returns a SearchResult instance.

public function search($query, array $searchParams = [], array $options = [])

$query: the query words.

$searchParams: the search parameters handled by MeiliSearch.

$options: options you can pass during the search. There are described in the options section.

💡 If you don't want the search method to return a class instance, use the rawSearch() method or set raw to true in the $options parameter.

Search Parameters

All the supported parameters are described in the search parameters section of the documentation.

You will be able to filter, use facets, restrict the fields to retrieve...

Filters Examples

With filters, both single and double quotes are supported.

// Enclosing with double quotes
$index->search('prince', $searchParams = ['filters' => "title = 'Le Petit Prince' OR author = 'J. R. R. Tolkien'"]);

// Enclosing with single quotes
$index->search('hobbit', $searchParams = ['filters' => 'title = "The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy" OR author = "J. R. R. Tolkien"']);

Options

Here are the different options you can pass in the $options parameter.

• raw (default: false): to get the raw results returned by MeiliSearch. The search() will return an array instead of a class instance.

$index->search('prince', $searchParams = [], $options = [raw => true]);

• removeZeroFacets (default: false): to get the raw results returned by MeiliSearch. The search() will return an array instead of a class instance.

$index->search('prince', $searchParams = [], $options = [removeZeroFacets => true]);

// With removeZeroFacets = false
// "facet": {
//   "genre": {
//     "horror: 443,
//     "thriller": 200,
//     "comedy": 0
//   }
// }

// With removeZeroFacets = true
// "facet": {
//   "genre": {
//     "horror: 443,
//     "thriller": 200,
//   }
// }

• transformHits: the callback that will be applied to the hits array returned by MeiliSearch.

// Before PHP 7.4
function titlesToUpperCase(array $hits) {
    return array_map($hits, function (array $hit) {
        $hit['title'] = strtoupper($hit['title']);
            return $hit;
    });
}

// PHP 7.4 and later
function titlesToUpperCase(array $hits) {
    return array_map($hits, function (array $hit) {
        return [
            ...$hit,
            title: strtoupper($hit['title']
        ]
    });
}

$index->search('prince', $searchParams = [], $options = ['transformHits' => 'titlesToUpperCase'])

• transformFacetsDistribution (WIP): the callback that will be applied to the facetsDistribution array returned by MeiliSearch.

More Examples

• To remove some specifics hits in the results:

$removeLePetitPrince = function (array $hits) {
    return array_filter(
        $hits,
        function (array $hit) { 'Le Petit Prince' !== $hit['title']; }
    );
}

$response = $index->search('prince', $searchParams = [], $options = ['transformHits' => $removeLePetitPrince]);