updatesearchindex

Description

updatesearchindex is an eZ publish extension that provides an alternative replacement for the stock eZ publish search index update shell scripts.The updatesearchindex extension offers php, cronjob and shell scripts to use this replacement index script process.

Details

The updatesearchindex is a true eZ publish extension which provides a set of modified files which offers a slower more reliable search engine index update.

For many this extension by solves problems problems experienced while attempting to complete the successful indexing of eZ publish content.

By using this replacement updatesearchindex script you will be able to complete your search engine indexing successfully.

This script uses a different, incremental methodology to update large eZ publish databases with large number of content objects without reaching the php reference count limit quite so quickly by indexing content objects in small increments before shutting php down completely and starting it up a new to continue where the last left off.

Download

• Download: updatesearchindex-0_0_1.tar.gz
• Subversion: updatesearchindex

Documentation

• Please see doc/ directory within the extension.

• This script has been tested with over 5500 content objects within an eZ publish database and over 5 GB of binary files to be indexed (pdf,doc,xls,txt)

• This script become a proven solution to stock eZ publish search engine index update breakdowns experienced by two different eZ publish development groups developing large eZ publish installations (possibly with a large number of binary files to be indexed).

External references

• Forum: updatesearchindex.php - php script interpreter stops
• Forum: Binary file search index creation debugging...
• Mailing List: [Sdk-public] Update search index Segfaulting fix
• eZpedia:
  • [PHP] References
  • Solution: Building php-cli for eZ publish command line scripts
  • Solution: Building php-cli (php 4.4.4) for eZ publish