User input containing MySQL boolean operators (+, -, (, ), ~, *, ", @)
was passed directly to MATCH...AGAINST in BOOLEAN MODE, causing MySQL to
parse them as search operators rather than literals. Input like '(test)'
or '-keyword' would result in a MySQL syntax error / empty results.
Strip boolean mode special chars before building the FULLTEXT term;
the raw search string is still used unchanged for the LIKE fallback parts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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