Merge "Make api nearmatch search work same as 'go' feature"

diff --git a/includes/api/ApiQuerySearch.php b/includes/api/ApiQuerySearch.php
index c12630e..90af15a 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/api/ApiQuerySearch.php
+++ b/includes/api/ApiQuerySearch.php
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ class ApiQuerySearch extends ApiQueryGeneratorBase {
                } elseif ( $what == 'title' ) {
                        $matches = $search->searchTitle( $query );
                } elseif ( $what == 'nearmatch' ) {
-                       $matches = SearchEngine::getNearMatchResultSet( $query );
+                       // near matches must receive the user input as provided, otherwise
+                       // the near matches within namespaces are lost.
+                       $matches = SearchEngine::getNearMatchResultSet( $params['search'] );
                } else {
                        // We default to title searches; this is a terrible legacy
                        // of the way we initially set up the MySQL fulltext-based