Index: trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php
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diff -u -N -r1025 -r1026
--- trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php	(.../searchitems.php)	(revision 1025)
+++ trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php	(.../searchitems.php)	(revision 1026)
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
     $keywords["notallowed"] = array();
     $keywords["ignored"] = array();  
     if(!strlen($phrase))
-        return $keywords;
+        return trim($keywords);
     $w_array = array();
     $phrase=trim($phrase);
     //if(count_words($phrase)>1)
@@ -687,16 +687,16 @@
       switch(substr($keyword,0,1))
       {
         case "|":
-           $keywords["normal"][]=substr($keyword,1);
+           $keywords["normal"][]= trim(substr($keyword,1));
            break;
         case "+":
-           $keywords["required"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+           $keywords["required"][] = trim(substr($keyword,1));
            break;
         case "-":
-           $keywords["notallowed"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+           $keywords["notallowed"][] = trim(substr($keyword,1));
            break;
         case "=":
-           $keywords["ignored"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+           $keywords["ignored"][] = trim(substr($keyword,1));
            break;
       }
   }