just searching

  • Resolved xaver06

    (@xaver06)


    8 years, 4 months ago

    hi there,
    I don’t want to do something wrong, so I ask before.

    I want to search for e.g. “http://farm3.static.flickr.com”.
    Can I JUST search for such a term in “search and replace” using no input in “replace” and checking the “dry run”.

    Doing so, will I make any changes in the DB?
    Thanks in advance for any answers.
    Cheers

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  • Plugin Contributor Frank Bueltge

    (@bueltge)

    8 years, 4 months ago

    You can just search, leave the checkbox for dry run and you get an result for your search. However you should create always an backup before.

    Thread Starter xaver06

    (@xaver06)

    8 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks a lot. Have a nice weekend

    Thread Starter xaver06

    (@xaver06)

    8 years, 4 months ago

    Just tried it, but the result was not satisfying. The output was: (this is just 2 line of a lot of them)

    Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/search-and-replace/inc/FileDownloader.php on line 236
    Zeile: 184 Spalte option_value alter Wert: …… neuer Wert: a:51:{s:18:”sm_b_prio_provider”;s:0:””;s:9:”sm_b_ping”;b:1;s:10:”…

    The problem is, that I don’t know now which post I have to change – which post have the term “http://farm1.static.flickr.com…” in it.

    Any advice, what went wrong.

    Josh Stauffer

    (@joshstauffer)

    8 years, 4 months ago

    I have the same question, xaver06. This would be a neat feature to let one search for possibilities of what needs to be searched and replaced before actually doing so.

    One idea might be to have the search and replace inputs be the same value. This might eliminate the PHP Notice and allow you to do what you are wanting.

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