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How to increase and override the maximum search word character limit in Joomla 1.5 to search for 21 characters or more. Reposting this very useful tip for hacking a common, default search limitation in Joomla 1.5... follow completely and in detail. Before doing below steps always ensure you have a backup of the files to be edited for easy restoration and recovery to default settings. Of course, numeric values will depend as desired.

1. Edit this file '/modules/mod_search.php'

Delete this line:

$maxlength = $width > 20 ? $width : 20;

Add this line:

$maxlength = $width > 50 ? $width : 50;

2. Edit this file '/components/com_search/views/search/tmpl/default_form.php'

Delete this line:

<input id=”search_searchword” maxlength=”20″ name=”searchword” size=”30″ value=”<?php echo $this->escape($this->searchword); ?>” type=”text”>

Add this line:

<input id=”search_searchword” maxlength=”50″ name=”searchword” size=”30″ value=”<?php echo $this->escape($this->searchword); ?>” type=”text”>

3. Edit this file '/administrator/components/com_search/helpers/search.php'

Remove these lines:

// limit searchword to 20 characters
if ( JString::strlen( $searchword ) > 20 ) {
$searchword = JString::substr( $searchword, 0, 20 );

Add these lines:

// limit searchword to 50 characters
if ( JString::strlen( $searchword ) > 50 ) {
$searchword = JString::substr( $searchword, 0, 49 );

4. Edit this file '/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_search.ini'

Delete this line:

SEARCH_MESSAGE=Search term must be a minimum of 3 characters and a maximum of 20 characters.

Add this line:

SEARCH_MESSAGE=Search term must be a minimum of 3 characters and a maximum of 50 characters.

Remember to save all your files then reupload. Clear browser cache and refresh your Joomla website and your search character restriction should have increased to 50 characters.

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Phoca Gallery error when creating / saving a new category - "Save failed with the following error: Category must have title" Phoca and Joomla versions used: Phoca Gallery 3.1.1 and Joomla 1.7

Followed the threads and discussions to date, but this seems to be a bug at least for the versions used. Workaround seems to be a manual database install of Phoca Gallery tables...

1. http://www.phoca.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10083
2. http://www.phoca.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12731

Will update this with developments...

UPDATE:

Weird, re-installing the same Phoca version used did not work. I tried downloading a fresh copy of Phoca Gallery 3.1.1 (the same version used) and reintsalled it on the same Joomla 1.7 website, and it worked this time.

The only other difference is while creating the Category, I left out (did not specify anything) on the following and it got saved:

• Access Rights
• Upload Rights
• Delete Rights
• Owner
• Category Folder

I then entered the above, and then saved the settings again. This seemed to work. If you have similar experiences and different workarounds, please post here to help others.

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Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\dbi\mysql.dbi.lib.php on line 175

XAMPP apps versions

XAMPP version 1.7.7
+ Apache 2.2.21
+ MySQL 5.5.16 (Community Server)
+ PHP 5.3.8 (VC9 X86 32bit thread safe) + PEAR
+ XAMPP Control Panel Version 2.5 from www.nat32.com

1. Find in C:\xampp\php\php.ini below line / setting and change the 30 to a higher value as needed and required:
   
   max_execution_time = 30
2. Find the line in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php, or C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config-inc.php, and change setting / value as required: 
   
   $cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] = 300; // maximum execution time in seconds (0 for no limit)
   
   If config-inc.php file is missing the above line or missing altogether then the file config.default.php in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries folder is used, edit value in below block
   
   /** 
   * maximum execution time in seconds (0 for no limit)
   * 
   * @global integer $cfg['ExecTimeLimit']
   */ 
   $cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] = 300;
   
   
3. Try also adjusting maximum execution time in C:\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini 
   
   ini_set('max_execution_time', 0)
   
   
4. Create your own php.ini and put the first line below and save it and put the file in your root folder of your application: max_execution_time=0

Use and apply above setting changes if managing your own server. Increasing the max exec time for loading and running scripts more than the usual, required time increases the risks of running malicious codes and scripts.

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