Why MySQL FULLTEXT Search Returns 0 Results (And How to Fix It)
When optimizing custom database search queries by replacing standard SQL LIKE '%keyword%' queries with MySQL MATCH() AGAINST() full-text search, you might encounter a frustrating wall: the query returns 0 results, even when the search terms exist repeatedly across your database.
You created the FULLTEXT index, wrote the SQL query, and verified the matching records exist - yet MySQL returns an empty result set.
Here is why MySQL silently drops valid search terms in Natural Language Mode, and how to resolve
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