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donhardman merged 2 commits into from
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Fix/fuzzy search word merging #142

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fix(search): prevent merging when exact match exists
donhardman Mar 8, 2026
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chore(deps): bump composer dependencies to latest versions
donhardman Mar 8, 2026
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion src/ManticoreSearch/Client.php
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Expand Up @@ -695,8 +695,12 @@ private function processSuggestion(
$docMap->put($suggestWord, $suggestion['docs']);
}

// If the word already has an exact match (distance=0), it's a real word — never merge it.
// Merging "how"+"to" into "howto" just because CALL SUGGEST returns something is wrong.
$hasExactMatch = (bool)array_filter($suggestions, fn($s) => $s['distance'] === 0);

// Smart merge logic - try to merge with next word if conditions are met
$mergeResult = $this->tryMergeWithNext(
$mergeResult = $hasExactMatch ? null : $this->tryMergeWithNext(
$word,
$i,
$normalized,
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