Selector Functionality for search

[Alex CA]

In my search.php template, I am using 

$selector = "title|body%=$search_term, limit=50"; to find the top 50 search results for the page.

I implemented this following this link https://processwire.com/api/selectors/

My question is how does the selector sort its results? Does it look at the number of time the $search_term has occurred in the page or does it start searching from the root page to all the children.

Also, will this change if I do not put any limits to the search results?

 

[Robin S]

26 minutes ago, Alex CA said:

My question is how does the selector sort its results?

From the documentation you linked to:

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How results are sorted if you don't specify a "sort" in your selector
In $page->children() and $page->siblings() the results are automatically sorted by the page's default sort field that you specify in the admin. If not specified in the admin, the pages will be sorted by the order they are placed in the admin. This behavior can be overridden by specifying your own "sort=[property]". With $pages->find() and $page->find(), if you don't specify your own "sort=[property]", the results are sorted according to MySQL's text searching relevance. If no text searches are performed in your find(), the results are unsorted. As a result, it is generally a good idea to include a "sort=[property]" when using $pages->find(), especially if you care about the order and your find() operation is not text/relevance related.

https://processwire.com/api/selectors/#sort

Edited October 18, 2017 by Robin S
@Zeka, snap!

[Zeka]

How results are sorted if you don't specify a "sort" in your selector

In $page->children() and $page->siblings() the results are automatically sorted by the page's default sort field that you specify in the admin. If not specified in the admin, the pages will be sorted by the order they are placed in the admin. This behavior can be overridden by specifying your own "sort=[property]". With $pages->find() and $page->find(), if you don't specify your own "sort=[property]", the results are sorted according to MySQL's text searching relevance. If no text searches are performed in your find(), the results are unsorted. As a result, it is generally a good idea to include a "sort=[property]" when using $pages->find(), especially if you care about the order and your find() operation is not text/relevance related.