# PHP-fts

6 Hacker News commenters recommended PHP-fts and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Pure PHP full-text search library that needs no extensions, a middle ground between LIKE queries and a full search engine, suited to shared hosting.

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apache Lucene](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apache-lucene.md): 12 recommend
- [Tantivy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tantivy.md): 8 recommend
- [Lunr.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lunr-js.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "PHP-fts", https://hackerapproved.com/p/php-fts/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).