Question

I have XAMPP installed on my computer, and am using MySQL through it on localhost for a personal project.

I am trying to set the ft_min_word_len variable for fulltext searches in boolean mode to 2 from the default of 4.

I’ve tried (after stopping MySQL from the XAMPP control panel):

• Opening Shell from the XAMPP control panel, and typing at the prompt:
  mysqld ft_min_word_len=2
  This doesn’t appear to have any effect on ft_min_word_len when I check its value afterwards with mysqld –help –verbose (I get an error when I try to use mysqladmin variables at the prompt).

• Creating a my.cnf file in XAMPP\mysql\bin with this text:
  # The MySQL server
  [mysqld]
  ft_min_word_len=2
  
  This does appear to change the value of ft_min_word_len when I check its value with mysqld –help –verbose.
  However, when I start MySQL again from XAMPP’s control panel, and then check the value of ft_min_word_len through PHPMyAdmin with SHOW VARIABLES LIKE ‘ft_min_word_len’, it is still 4, both before and after I rebuild the fulltext indexes.

I’ve tried each approach multiple times, in between stopping and starting MySQL. SHOW VARIABLES LIKE ‘ft_min_word_len’ did show a value of 2 once, but the next time I stopped and restarted MySQL, the value had returned to 4, and I have been unable to set it to 2 again.

Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Keep you my.cnf file in <XAMPP>\mysql\bin folder and try again.