com_search :: increase the search string limit to 200 chars

[anvj]

Increase the search string maximum limit from 20 to 200.

Modify the file administrator/components/com_search/helpers/search.php as follows:

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// limit searchword to 20 characters
if ( JString::strlen( $searchword ) > 20 ) {
       $searchword    = JString::substr( $searchword, 0, 19 );
       $restriction    = true;
}

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// limit searchword to 200 characters
if ( JString::strlen( $searchword ) > 200 ) {
       $searchword     = JString::substr( $searchword, 0, 199 );
       $restriction     = true;
}

Modify the messages within the language file (for English) language/en-GB/en-GB.com_search.ini as follows:
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SEARCH_MESSAGE=Search term must be a minimum of 3 characters and a maximum of 20 characters.

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SEARCH_MESSAGE=Search term must be a minimum of 3 characters and a maximum of 200 characters.