Elasticsearch: Setting Up Params for Multiple Match in PHP Array

Question

I'm looking to do a direct match elasticsearch on multiple keywords using boost to adjust relevance. I'm using the PHP client for this. I'm having difficulty rectifying the fact that I have multiple array indices with the same name.

$params = [
'index' => 'people',
'type' => 'person',
'body' => [
    'query' => [
        'bool' => [
            'should' => [
                'match' => [
                    'Company1' => [
                        'query' => $order['BillTo_Name'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['company-name-weight']
                    ]
                ],
                'match' => [
                    'Address1' => [
                        'query' => $order['ShipTo_Addr1'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['address-weight']
                    ]
                ],
                'match' => [
                    'PostalCode' => [
                        'query' => $order['ShipTo_Zip'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['company-name-weight']
                    ]
                ],
                'match' => [
                    'LastName' => [
                        'query' => $order['contact'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['name-weight']
                    ]
                ]
            ]
        ]
    ]
]
];

This causes my array to collapse down to a single matching criteria, because I have 4 rows with the same array index $params[body][query][bool][should][match].

var_dump($params);

array(3) {
  ["index"]=>
  string(5) "leads"
  ["type"]=>
  string(4) "lead"
  ["body"]=>
  array(1) {
    ["query"]=>
    array(1) {
      ["bool"]=>
      array(1) {
        ["should"]=>
        array(1) {
          ["match"]=>
          array(1) {
            ["LastName"]=>
            array(2) {
              ["query"]=>
              string(10) "Parker"
              ["boost"]=>
              string(1) "1"
        }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

I'm at a loss how to restructure this query with 4 separate matches, specifying boost for each, in a way that the PHP client can digest.

I think you should lock here php.net/manual/en/function.array-merge-recursive.php hope this will help you — Laurentiu
Thanks for the reply, but I don't see how this could help me. I'm not going to get around the PHP restriction on array indices, so I'll need to restructure my Elasticsearch query in order to conform. — John Vargo

John Vargo John Vargo · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12T18:39:30

I guess posting here was all I needed to end my misery. Posting here for posterity. The solution is to nest each match clause one array deeper.

$params = [
'index' => 'leads',
'type' => 'lead',
'body' => [
    'query' => [
        'bool' => [
            'should' => [
            [
                'match' => [
                    'Company1' => [
                        'query' => $order['BillTo_Name'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['company-name-weight']
                    ]
                ]
            ],[
                'match' => [
                    'Address1' => [
                        'query' => $order['ShipTo_Addr1'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['address-weight']
                    ]
                ]
            ],[
                'match' => [
                    'PostalCode' => [
                        'query' => $order['ShipTo_Zip'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['company-name-weight']
                    ]
                ]
            ],[
                'match' => [
                    'LastName' => [
                        'query' => $order['contact'],
                        'boost' => $_GET['name-weight']
                    ]
                ]
            ]
            ]
        ]
    ]
]

];

Elasticsearch: Setting Up Params for Multiple Match in PHP Array

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