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Resolved bonz
(@bonz)

6 years, 1 month ago

Hello,
I’m a happy user of ajax search lite.
I have this problem: I sell backing tracks and the plugin I use as a cart does not recognize the apostrophe and I cannot replace it for various reasons that I am not going to explain now; so I removed all the apostrophes from the posts with the apostrophe titles, only if someone searches for a backing track, example: “what’s your name” and the title of the post is “what s your name” without apostrophe, the answer is no result.
what I ask: it is possible to make it recognize the words
which are practically the same but without an apostrophe?
many thanks for a possible answer
bonz

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Plugin Author wpdreams
(@wpdreams)

6 years ago
Hi,

Well, the only possible solution I can see, is by replacing the apostrophe characters programatically before the search starts.

Try adding this custom code to the functions.php in your theme/child theme directory. Before editing, please make sure to have a full site back-up just in case!
```
add_filter('asl_search_phrase_before_cleaning', 'asl_replace_characters', 10, 1);
function asl_replace_characters( $s ) {
	$characters = "'’‘"; 	 // Type characters one after another
	$replace_with = ' ';     // Replace them with this (space by default)

	// ------------------------------------------------------------------
	if ( is_array($s) ) {
		if ( isset($s['s']) && !$s['_ajax_search'] )
			$s['s'] = str_replace(str_split($characters), $replace_with, $s['s']);
	} else {
		$s = str_replace(str_split($characters), $replace_with, $s);
	}
	return $s;
}
```
Best,
Ernest M.
Thread Starter bonz
(@bonz)

6 years ago

fantastic! I am very, very happy
thank you very much for solving this problem of mine
best wishes for these holidays for you and those who love you
greetings from Italy
bonz

Plugin Author wpdreams
(@wpdreams)

6 years ago

You are very welcome 🙂 Happy holidays to you too.

Please consider rating the plugin if you liked it, it is greatly appreciated.

Best,
Ernest M.

Thread Starter bonz
(@bonz)

6 years ago

Sure, count on it! 🙂
bonz

Thread Starter bonz
(@bonz)

6 years ago

I did not remember that I had already given 5 stars long ago, but I reiterated the 5 stars
greetings from Italy
bonz

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