Search in Chinese/non-english need to be start of the sentence #3049

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T05:59:43+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 05:59:43 +03:00

Originally created by @stevo-king on GitHub (Aug 30, 2022).

Describe the Bug

I have created some books and page in my bookstackapp, when I search in english, it is working perfectly, the search result return a lot of thing, which is very good for knowledge base apps.

But when I search in chinese charater, it got some problem. E.g., I have a book page with title of "如何製作form 1a/form 1c?". The below is the search result:
Search term: 製作 result: No search result
Search term: 何製作 result: No search result
Search term: 如何製 result: successful return of the search result
Search term: 1a result: successful return of the search result
Search term: form 1a result: successful return of the search result

So I think for non-English character, the search term must be the start of the sentence, so that I can get the result.

Steps to Reproduce

Use the search bar
Search different Chinese term in the books, it need to be start of the sentence to be searchable.

Expected Behaviour

Search term: 製作 result: successful return of the search result
Search term: 何製作 result: successful return of the search result
Search term: 如何製 result: successful return of the search result

I think for non-english character, the search term is not necessarily required to be the beginning of the sentence.

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Exact BookStack Version

v22.06.2

PHP Version

7.4

Hosting Environment

Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)

Originally created by @stevo-king on GitHub (Aug 30, 2022). ### Describe the Bug I have created some books and page in my bookstackapp, when I search in english, it is working perfectly, the search result return a lot of thing, which is very good for knowledge base apps. But when I search in chinese charater, it got some problem. E.g., I have a book page with title of "如何製作form 1a/form 1c?". The below is the search result: Search term: 製作 result: No search result Search term: 何製作 result: No search result Search term: 如何製 result: successful return of the search result Search term: 1a result: successful return of the search result Search term: form 1a result: successful return of the search result So I think for non-English character, the search term must be the start of the sentence, so that I can get the result. ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Use the search bar 2. Search different Chinese term in the books, it need to be start of the sentence to be searchable. ### Expected Behaviour Search term: 製作 result: successful return of the search result Search term: 何製作 result: successful return of the search result Search term: 如何製 result: successful return of the search result I think for non-english character, the search term is not necessarily required to be the beginning of the sentence. ### Screenshots or Additional Context ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9255890/187342235-a18aaeb4-75e4-4614-b57a-fea428962b98.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9255890/187342248-85de0d91-e793-4465-a7c8-35588e174b8a.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9255890/187342265-8896ac15-59a0-42f6-99f6-87c7fd90a75f.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9255890/187342282-11e70349-0dc6-454c-8f31-48fad214499f.png) ### Browser Details _No response_ ### Exact BookStack Version v22.06.2 ### PHP Version 7.4 ### Hosting Environment Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)

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Reference: starred/BookStack#3049