From MySQL to Typesense: Blazing-Fast Full-Text Search in Laravel

From MySQL to Typesense: Blazing-Fast Full-Text Search in Laravel

There are many ways to build a search feature for your Laravel application, from classic LIKE queries in SQL to MySQL Full-Text Indexes. While those approaches work, they come with limitations.

  • No typo tolerance
  • No support for suffix or infix search
  • No weighted results, and more.

So, how can we get all that in a single package? Enter Typesense, an open-source, self-hosted search engine.

If your Laravel application needs a search feature, this article is for you. We’ll create a table with 2 million records, benchmark each solution, and explore the impressive benefits Typesense has to offer.

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From MySQL to Typesense: Blazing-Fast Full-Text Search in Laravel

Search is everywhere: Finding the nearest gas station, looking up a tutorial on YouTube, or searching for an old message in a chat ... in-app search is there to help us quickly find what we’re looking for.

I hope this article helps you implement a robust and powerful search feature—and if it does, let me know!