Date: 2018-09-22 10:37
Posted By: Robert Campbell (calguy1000)

once you consider multiple languages this is not possible.   and the
methodologies to do it are mysql specific.
so this is not something that is either feasible or reasonable in a distributed
application.

You could fork the search module to handle this though.
      

Date: 2018-09-24 04:57
Posted By: Tristan (tristan)

Some form of approximate string matching and "not possible" in one sentence
sounds a bit exaggerated considering other "distributed applications" do have
this functionality build in.

Let's hope someone agrees and has the time to fork the search module if nobody
else in the dev team thinks the search module is in dire need of an update.
      

Date: 2018-09-26 11:16
Posted By: Matt Hornsby (DIGI3) (DIGI3)

What about a more simple option (and it could be a preference and/or checkbox to
include in the search form) to have implied wildcards:
so, if option is enabled, searching for 'foo' would include results such as
'foobar' and possibly 'barfood'.

We don't need to overthink multilanguage support, føø wouldn't return foobar but
it would return føøbar.