[pmwiki-users] Re: Faster searches and categories

[V.Krishn]

On Tuesday 13 September 2005 13:10, V.Krishn wrote:
> > I have added a recipe for faster searches and categories:
> > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/FastSearch
> >
> > This recipe uses find and grep and so may not be very
> > portable (to windows).
> >
> > I know that pm and a few others are working on an indexed
> > mechanism to speed up backlinks (categories), but my
> > solution is so simple and fast, that I thought I had to
> > share it.  Without it categories and searching is unusable
> > on my site.  I have an old Pentium 200 and over 1000 files.
> > A typical search will go from around 30 seconds to about 3
> > seconds now.
>
> Sounds good for linux servers :-)
> I would try sometime this week when I upgrade my local setup to v2.0.5
>
> > In the past I have offered similar solutions to the list to
> > speed up categories, but this one is even simpler and also
> > speeds up searches.
> >
> > Feedback welcome,
>
> I just noticed in the code:
> It redefines the function:
> function MakePageList
>
> function MakePageList -> exists in pagelist.php
> I am a bit confused, can we redefine an existing function??
> If so could you guide me a little, as I was working on a code which needs
> to redefine a function.
..hmmm.... I missed the comments at the top... 
(-Comment out the MakePageList function from pagelist.php.)
;-)
>
> Regards
> V.Krishn
>
> > -Martin