Introduction to Jengo Search

jengo/search provides high-performance, unified full-text search engine integration for CodeIgniter 4 and the Jengo Framework.

It delivers instant typo-tolerant search across Meilisearch, Typesense, and zero-configuration Database Full-Text engines with zero heavy external SDK dependencies (communicating entirely via HTTP using CodeIgniter 4's native CURLRequest).

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Key Features

• Multi-Driver Engine Support: Seamlessly switch between Meilisearch, Typesense, MySQL/MariaDB Full-Text, and Null drivers.
• Zero Third-Party SDK Bloat: Pure native REST client implementation built on top of CI4's HTTP service.
• Declarative PHP 8 Attributes: Annotate models with #[SearchIndex] for automated schema configuration, filterable/sortable attribute indexing, and key mapping.
• Automatic Lifecycle Syncing: Automatically index, update, or purge documents when records are inserted, modified, or deleted.
• Fluent Query Builder: Clean, chainable API supporting filters, sorting, faceting, pagination, and multi-field highlighting.
• Fast CLI Tooling: Spark commands for bulk indexing (jengo:search import), clearing indexes (jengo:search flush), syncing schemas (jengo:search sync-settings), and health monitoring (jengo:search status).
• Zero-Cost Test Fake: Full Search::fake() driver with expressive PHPUnit assertions.