>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #2241231. --> Reported by: [hgoto](https://www.drupal.org/user/2844385) >>> <h3>Links</h3> <p>Sandbox: <a href="https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/gh640/2240267">https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/gh640/2240267</a></p> <p>Git clone: <code>git clone --branch 7.x-1.x http://git.drupal.org/sandbox/gh640/2240267.git mecabsearch</code></p> <p>Automated review: <a href="http://pareview.sh/pareview/httpgitdrupalorgsandboxgh6402240267git">http://pareview.sh/pareview/httpgitdrupalorgsandboxgh6402240267git</a></p> <h3><a href="https://www.drupal.org/node/1187664">Smooth Review: Quick tips checklist</a></h3> <ul> <li>Application checklist: TODO</li> <li>Review bonus: TODO</li> <li>Intended Drupal version: 7</li> <li>Avoid 3rd party code or images: MeCab Search uses the <a href="https://github.com/rsky/php-mecab">Mecab PHP library</a> to ensure that all code in the module is GPL-licensed.</li> <li>Similar modules: <ul> <li>Either the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_solr">Search API Solr module</a> or the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/apachesolr">Apache Solr Search module</a> can be used to connect to <a href="http://lucene.apache.org/solr/">Apache Solr</a>, which can be configured to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphology_%28linguistics%29">morphologically analyze</a> Japanese text; but not every hosting platform has this available.</li> </ul> </li> <li>XSS vulnerabilities: None as of <a href="http://cgit.drupalcode.org/sandbox-gh640-2240267/commit/?id=a0449fc21f6389bcccb98a1f66b9bb98b0214a3a"><code>a0449fc</code></a></li> <li>Translatable: Everything translatable, translatable functions used properly as of <a href="http://cgit.drupalcode.org/sandbox-gh640-2240267/commit/?id=a0449fc21f6389bcccb98a1f66b9bb98b0214a3a"><code>a0449fc</code></a></li> <li>Uninstall variables: All variables cleaned up as of <a href="http://cgit.drupalcode.org/sandbox-gh640-2240267/commit/?id=a0449fc21f6389bcccb98a1f66b9bb98b0214a3a"><code>a0449fc</code></a></li> <li>Background and experience: TODO</li> <li><a href="http://pareview.sh/pareview/httpgitdrupalorgsandboxgh6402240267git">Automated Project Application Review</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3> <p>Using Drupal core's Search module to index Japanese text is problematic because the text structure of Japanese is different from English: notably, words in Japanese are not separated by spaces, which results in the Search module's database tables becoming huge and inefficient.</p> <p>This module helps Drupal core's Search module to index Japanese text by using the <a href="http://taku910.github.io/mecab/">MeCab morphological analysis library</a> through the <a href="https://github.com/rsky/php-mecab">php-mecab</a> binding to preprocess strings of Japanese text before the Search module's indexer runs. The preprocessor extracts words and inserts spaces between them.</p> <p>Alternatives to MeCab include using Apache Solr, TSearch2, or other morphological analysis tools; but they aren't available on every server environment. But for some environments, only MeCab is available because it is relatively easy to install, which is why I would like to make this available for common use.</p> <h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3> <p>Give hgoto permission to promote mecabsearch to a full project.</p> <h3>Manual test notes</h3> <p>To make this module work correctly, you need to install MeCab and php-mecab.</p> <p>To insall MeCab on Mac, please use Homebrew:</p> <pre>brew install mecab<br>brew install mecab-ipadic</pre><p>(The first one is morphological analysis engine, and second one is dictionary.)</p> <p>To install php-mecab on Mac, please follow the instructions on it's GitHub page:<br> <a href="https://github.com/rsky/php-mecab/blob/master/README.md#install">https://github.com/rsky/php-mecab/blob/master/README.md#install</a></p>