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logviewer.ini [SearchSettings]

The settings of [SearchSettings] in logviewer.ini: MaxBytesPerRequest, TimeLimit, MaxResults, MaxPatternLength, BacktrackLimit, Rotations, MaxGzipBytes, RequestWindow

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logviewer.ini [SearchSettings]

The block [SearchSettings] of settings/logviewer.ini, with 8 setting(s).

Never edit settings/logviewer.ini itself: an update replaces it. Put the settings you change in an override, which wins over the shipped file:

  • settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php for every siteaccess,
  • settings/siteaccess/<siteaccess>/logviewer.ini.append.php for one siteaccess,
  • extension/<extension>/settings/logviewer.ini.append.php in an extension (read when the extension is active).

MaxBytesPerRequest

The most bytes one search request reads; a search over more continues with "More results" from where it stopped.

Default: 33554432.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
MaxBytesPerRequest=33554432
*/ ?>

TimeLimit

The longest a search request reads, in milliseconds (also the regular expression's time budget).

Default: 2000.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
TimeLimit=2000
*/ ?>

MaxResults

The most matching entries one request returns.

Default: 200.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
MaxResults=200
*/ ?>

MaxPatternLength

The longest search text or regular expression.

Default: 200.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
MaxPatternLength=200
*/ ?>

BacktrackLimit

The backtracking limit of a regular expression search (pcre.backtrack_limit while it runs): a pattern that
needs more on one line is stopped and reported as too expensive.

Default: 100000.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
BacktrackLimit=100000
*/ ?>

Rotations

Search the rotations (.1 .. .N and .gz) of a file too, when the page asks for it.

Default: enabled.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
Rotations=enabled
*/ ?>

MaxGzipBytes

The most bytes of a compressed rotation one search unpacks.

Default: 67108864.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
MaxGzipBytes=67108864
*/ ?>

RequestWindow

The seconds before and after an entry that count as the same request (related lines).

Default: 2.

<?php /* #?ini charset="utf-8"?
# settings/override/logviewer.ini.append.php
[SearchSettings]
RequestWindow=2
*/ ?>

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