Sphider Help Forum

At the bottom of admin.php, you need to create a new "case" for the new tab. Near the top of admin.php, you need a new array for the manager functions. Right after the arrays for different tab functions is a group of "if array key exists" statements. You need to integrate the new...

You are welcome to post mods!

The version of Sphider we have now is based on the original, un-updated Sphider, but there have been quite a few changes.

About all I can really ask is that the mods be tested with a recent version.

Yes, -all should reindex EVERYTHING! As to creating a separate process to clear all INDEX data from the database wouldn't really be that hard to create. Essentially, it would just be the "Clear site" code expanded to to cover all sites. You don't want to clear the entire database because t...

Is there a way to know what links appear on each page? No, Sphider has no way of reporting this. While my goal now is to keep Sphider functional and not to add any new features, the idea of knowing what links to what IS intriguing.... Sphider does protect against indexing duplicate pages, but this i...

Glad you have it working. Missing a part of the fix is probably my fault! My initial instructions were taken from memory, and my memory only provided 2/3 of the solution. When you still had an issue, I went back and double checked myself.


But we got it all straight now. Happy indexing.

In CPanel you want mysqlnd TICKED and 'mysqli UNTICKED and nd_mysqli TICKED! I know this is counterintuitive, but it works. LOL! You will know you have it right when the last line (API value) of mysqlnd in the info page has a value. ----------------------------------------------- Enabling MySQLnd If...

CPanel and mysqlnd ... This can get tricky. Read this Post - https://www.blog.worldspaceflight.com/2019/07/02/php-shared-hosting-and-mysqlnd/ Essentially, in CPanel you need to CHECK mysqlnd and UNCHECK mysqli! Now allow me to rant for a bit... Sphider requires BOTH mysqli AND mysqlnd. This is true ...

A 500 error is a hard to track server error. Since the installation went fine, and having gotten the login screen, install.php and auth.php ran perfectly. The crash occurred in admin.php. There is a script which can test your PHP installation. https://www.sphider.worldspaceflight.com/downloads/requi...

Many times, the 301 error which has been our nemesis, is "real" in that IS what is reported to Sphider. I can duplicate this by other methods. HOWEVER, in some cases there IS NOT relocation! Wild guess... webmaster is sending a 301 to stop applications like Sphider. I found a work around. ...

When an indexing run gets interrupted, Sphider has always had the ability to pick up where it left off. Re-indexing, however, is a different process. If a re-index gets interrupted, the only option has been to start over. Sphider 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 (SphiderLite 2.0.0, 2.0.1, and 2.0.2) introduc...