Beefing up elastic

config/packages/fos_elastica.yaml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ fos_elastica:
         # create the index by running php bin/console fos:elastica:populate
         articles:
             index_name: '%env(ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_NAME)%'
+            use_alias: true
             settings:                    
                 index:
                     # Increase refresh interval for better write performance
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ fos_elastica:
                     # Optimize for search performance
                     max_result_window: 10000
                 analysis:
+                    normalizer:
+                        topic_norm:
+                            type: custom
+                            filter: [ lowercase, asciifolding ]  # case & accent insensitive
                     analyzer:
                         custom_analyzer:
                             type: custom
@@ -37,24 +42,30 @@ fos_elastica:
                     analyzer: custom_analyzer
                     # Add term_vector for faster phrase queries
                     term_vector: with_positions_offsets
+                    copy_to: search_combined
                 content:
                     type: text
                     analyzer: custom_analyzer
                     # Don't store norms for content to save space and improve speed
                     norms: false
+                    copy_to: search_combined
                 summary:
                     type: text
                     analyzer: custom_analyzer
                     term_vector: with_positions_offsets
-                tags:
-                    type: keyword
+                    copy_to: search_combined
                 slug:
                     type: keyword
                     # Enable doc_values for faster sorting/aggregations
                     doc_values: true
                 pubkey:
                     type: keyword
-                topics: ~
+                topics:
+                    type: keyword
+                    normalizer: topic_norm
+                search_combined:
+                    type: text
+                    analyzer: standard
             persistence:
                 driver: orm
                 model: App\Entity\Article

src/Twig/Components/SearchComponent.php

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ final class SearchComponent
 
         // Add phrase match for exact matches (high boost)
         $phraseMatch = new Query\MatchPhrase();
-        $phraseMatch->setField('title', [
+        $phraseMatch->setField('search_combined', [
             'query' => $query,
             'boost' => 10
         ]);
@@ -196,15 +196,8 @@ final class SearchComponent
         // Main multi-match query with optimized settings
         $multiMatch = new MultiMatch();
         $multiMatch->setQuery($query);
-        $multiMatch->setFields([
-            'title^5',
-            'summary^3',
-            'content^1.5',
-            'topics^2'
-        ]);
-        $multiMatch->setType(MultiMatch::TYPE_BEST_FIELDS); // Faster than MOST_FIELDS
+        $multiMatch->setFields(['search_combined']);
         $multiMatch->setFuzziness('AUTO');
-        $multiMatch->setOperator(MultiMatch::OPERATOR_OR); // OR is faster and more forgiving
         $boolQuery->addMust($multiMatch);
 
         // Exclude specific patterns