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## \_RECHERCHE\_MIN_CAR
Sunday 4 October 2020 , by [jack](.././?page=auteur&id_auteur=593&)
The constant **`_SEARCH_MIN_CAR`** defines the minimum number of characters
of a word to be included in a search with several words. It has been
available since SPIP 3.0.13
(https://www.spip.net/ecrire/?exec=article&id_article=5648) and its default
value is 4 characters.
For example with a search of the following expression: "SPIP is a
publishing system for the Internet".
The search will be based on the one hand on the complete expression "SPIP
is a publishing system for the Internet", on the other hand on the words
"SPIP", "publishing", "system", "Internet".
It is possible to customize the value of the constant `_RECHERCHE_MIN_CAR`
in your file `config/mes_options.php` (see the article dedicated to it
(https://www.spip.net/ecrire/?exec=article&id_article=4909)).
Example :
// taking into account two-letter words
// during a multi-word search
define
(http://www.php.net/define)
(
'_RECHERCHE_MIN_CAR'
,
2
)
;
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