The query accepts so-called MySQL boolean full-text searches. The following examples demonstrate some search strings that use the most common boolean full-text operators:

• apple banana

  Find stories that contain at least one of the two words.

• +apple +juice

  Find stories that contain both words.

• +apple macintosh

  Find stories that contain the word "apple", but rank stories higher if they also contain "macintosh".

• +apple -macintosh

  Find stories that contain the word "apple" but not "macintosh".

• apple*

  Find stories that contain words such as "apple", "apples", "applesauce", or "applet".

• "some words"

  Find stories that contain the exact phrase "some words" (for example, stories that contain "some words of wisdom" but not "some noise words").