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  1. /**
  2. 	 * SearchEntries
  3. 	 * 
  4. 	 * Options: Values
  5. 	 * ---------------
  6. 	 * words
  7. 	 *
  8. 	 * @param array $options
  9. 	 * @return bool
  10. 	 */
  11. 	function SearchEntries($options = array())
  12. 	{
  13.  
  14. 		$search_result = array();
  15.  
  16. 		$words = explode(" ", $options['words']);
  17.  
  18.  
  19. 		foreach($words as $word){
  20. 			if(isset($options['limit']) && isset($options['offset'])) $search_result = array_merge($search_result,$this->GetEntries(array('word' => $word, 'sortBy' => $options['sortBy'], 'sortDirection' => $options['sortDirection'], 'limit' => $options['limit'], 'offset' => $options['offset'])));
  21. 			else $search_result = array_merge($search_result, $this->GetEntries(array('word' => $word)));
  22. 		}
  23.  
  24. 		// unique multidimential array for entryid
  25. 		$new = array();
  26. 		$exclude = array("");
  27. 		for ($i = 0; $i<=count($search_result)-1; $i++) {
  28. 			if (!in_array(trim($search_result[$i]->entryId) ,$exclude)) {
  29. 				$new[] = $search_result[$i];
  30.  
  31. 				// key and value goes into array for testing
  32. 				$exclude[] = trim($search_result[$i]->entryId);
  33. 			}
  34. 		}
  35.  
  36. 		//print_r($new);
  37. 		return $new;
  38. 	}

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