searching-blocks.md

Searching Blocks

Overview

Content created through SilverStripe can be searched in various ways. A popular option is the silverstripe/fulltextsearch module, which integrates with search services such as Solr.

Usage

You can add elements to your search results by adding them to a SolrIndex you define for your particular context.

It works based on a new getElementsForSearch method added to your Page class through the DNADesign\Elemental\Extensions\ElementalPageExtension. This method renders out the full content of all elements, strips out the HTML, and indexes it as one field.

<?php

use Page;
use SilverStripe\FullTextSearch\Solr\SolrIndex;

class MySolrIndex extends SolrIndex
{
    public function init()
    {
        $this->addClass(Page::class);
        $this->addAllFulltextFields();
        /** @see ElementalArea::getElementsForSearch */
        $this->addFulltextField('ElementsForSearch');
    }
}