Now that we have installed Sphinx, let's move forward and take a look at different search techniques and get acquainted with the different utilities Sphinx has to offer.
In this chapter we will take a dive into full-text search and look at different advantages of it. We will then see how Sphinx utilizes full-text search and also learn about
indexer, search
andsearchd
utilities that come along with Sphinx. We will also see a very basic example of how Sphinx works.
Note
Make sure that you have installed Sphinx using the steps mentioned in Chapter 1, Setting Up Sphinx before proceeding.