Magento 1.9.3.2 search returns empty result

Question

After upgrading the magento search is not working.

I tried this https://magento.stackexchange.com/a/67952

SELECT e.*, search_result.relevance, price_index.price, price_index.tax_class_id, price_index.final_price, IF(price_index.tier_price IS NOT NULL, LEAST(price_index.min_price, price_index.tier_price), price_index.min_price) AS minimal_price, price_index.min_price, price_index.max_price, price_index.tier_price, cat_index.position AS cat_index_position FROM catalog_product_entity AS e INNER JOIN catalogsearch_result AS search_result ON search_result.product_id=e.entity_id AND search_result.query_id='43' INNER JOIN catalog_product_index_price AS price_index ON price_index.entity_id = e.entity_id AND price_index.website_id = '1' AND price_index.customer_group_id = 0 INNER JOIN catalog_category_product_index AS cat_index ON cat_index.product_id=e.entity_id AND cat_index.store_id='1' AND cat_index.visibility IN(3, 4) AND cat_index.category_id = '2'

Result:

Array (
    [class] => Mage_CatalogSearch_Model
    [resourceModel] => catalogsearch_resource
    [rewrite] => Mage_Core_Model_Config_Element Object
        (
            [layer_filter_attribute] => WeltPixel_LayeredNavigation_Model_CatalogSearch_Layer_Filter_Attribute
        ) 
)

When I checked the tables, I can find that catalogsearch_result table seems always empty. But catalogsearch_query and catalogsearch_fulltext tables have content.

Why this table shows empty? How can I fix that?

Answer 1

In Magento 1.9.3.x, catalogsearch_result table is NO longer used I think.

There are minor differences/changes in CatalogSearch module in 1.9.3.x and 1.9.0.x versions.

You can check app\code\core\Mage\CatalogSearch\Model\Fulltext.php, here NEW property _foundData is added which holds FullText search results instead saving in catalogsearch_result table.

Check prepareResult method of both versions,

In 1.9.3.x versions,

$this->_foundData = $adapter->fetchPairs($select, $bind);

In 1.9.0.x versions,

$sql = $adapter->insertFromSelect($select,
    $this->getTable('catalogsearch/result'),
    array(),
    Varien_Db_Adapter_Interface::INSERT_ON_DUPLICATE);
$adapter->query($sql, $bind);

What should be done now (for 1.9.3.x versions) ?

You can use getFoundData method of this class to get results :

$searchText = STRING_TO_SEARCH;
$query = Mage::getModel('catalogsearch/query')->loadByQueryText($searchText);
if($query->getId()){
    $fulltextResource = Mage::getResourceModel('catalogsearch/fulltext')->prepareResult(
        Mage::getModel('catalogsearch/fulltext'), 
        $query->getQueryText(), 
        $query
    );
    $prod_ids = $fulltextResource->getFoundData();
    //print_r($prod_ids);
}

Here $prod_ids is an Array variable which contains Product Id and No. of count as Key=>Value pair.

Answer 2

Try run re-index Go to the system menu and index management.