Fast CakePHP Search With IndexTank 1 - blogpost

example1.php

<?php
function createIndextankClient(){
    App::import('Vendor', 'indextank_client');
    $API_URL = 'YOUR API URL HERE';
    $client = new ApiClient($API_URL);
    return $client;
}
   
function addIndextank($indexType,$id,$data){
    //send project to indextank
    $client = $this->createIndextankClient();
    $index = $client->get_index($indexType);
    $doc_id = $id;
    $index->add_document($doc_id, $data);
}
   
function deleteIndextank($indexType,$id){
    //delete indextank document
    $client = $this->createIndextankClient();
    $index = $client->get_index($indexType);
    $index->delete_document($id);
}
   
function searchIndextank($indexType,$query){
    //search indextank
    $client = $this->createIndextankClient();
    $index = $client->get_index($indexType);
    $index->add_function(2, "relevance");
    $res = $index->search($query);
    return $res;
}
?>

example2.php

<?php
if ($this->Project->save($this->data)) {
    $this->Session->setFlash('The project has been saved', 'default', array('class' => 'flash_good'));
    $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
}
?>

example3.php

<?php
if ($this->Project->save($this->data)) {
    //send project to index tank
    $indexData = array('text'=>$this->data['Project']['title'],'title'=>$this->data['Project']['title'],'description'=>$this->data['Project']['description'],'user_id'=>$_SESSION['Auth']['User']['_id']);
    $id = $this->Project->id;
    $this->addIndextank("HomkoraProjects",$id,$indexData);
    $this->Session->setFlash('The project has been saved', 'default', array('class' => 'flash_good'));
    $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
}
?>

example4.php

<?php
$indexData = array('text'=>$this->data['Project']['title'],'title'=>$this->data['Project']['title'],'description'=>$this->data['Project']['description'],'user_id'=>$_SESSION['Auth']['User']['_id']);
?>

example5.php

<?php $id = $this->Project->id; ?>

example6.php

<?php $this->addIndextank("HomkoraProjects",$id,$indexData); ?>

example7.php

<?php
if ($this->Project->delete($id)) {
    $this->Session->setFlash('Project deleted', 'default', array('class' => 'flash_good'));
    $this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'));
}
?>

example8.php

<?php 
if ($this->Project->delete($id)) {
    $this->deleteIndextank("HomkoraProjects",$id);
    $this->Session->setFlash('Project deleted', 'default', array('class' => 'flash_good'));
    $this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'));
}
?>

example9.php

<?php
function search(){
    $query = $this->data['Project']['search'];
    $res = $this->searchIndextank("HomkoraProjects",$query);
    $i = 0;
    foreach($res->results as $doc_id){
    $params = array(
        'conditions' => array('_id' => $doc_id->docid)
    );
        $projects[$i++] = $this->Project->find('first',$params);
    }
    $this->set('projects', $projects);
}
?>