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Although addressed in the 1.5.3 series, table prefixes containing a hyphen continued to be a problem. Hopefully this time we have tracked down ALL the sources of this problem and corrected them. Another problem was that the presence of an emoji on a web page (generally uncommon except on blog or for...

While the PDO version of Sphider was created for users whose host does not support MySQLnd, it has another advantage. By modifying the database.php file, Sphider can utilize databases other than MySQL. By changing the DSN (Data Source Name), Sphider can operate with: MySQL PostgreSQL SQLite Microsof...

It's all working? And I had such great ideas for troubleshooting the problem!

Seriously, that is great. I'm glad it is all working out for you and even happier that 1.5.3 can fill your needs. Spread the word and feel free to come back with any other issue you may have.

The length of page descriptions is controlled by a setting on the settings tab of the admin panel, in the "Search Settings" section. By default, "Maximum length of page summary displayed in search results" is set to 250. There was a problem with version 1.5.1.1 (PDO) in which ANY...

Sphider 1.5.3 has corrected a number of potential execution errors. There were problems in the event a table prefix contain a hyphen, a problem with the CleanDomains function, and a error which could occur under PHP 7. Also improved was the ability of Sphider to follow the directives of a rotots.txt...

In an effort to make it easier for users of the later Versions of Sphider (1.4.2 and later) to make comments and get help, things which are becoming increasingly difficult to do on the original sphider.eu forum, this forum is being established just for you. Because of all the spammers out there tryi...