Index: trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php
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diff -u -N -r1031 -r1080
--- trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php	(.../searchitems.php)	(revision 1031)
+++ trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php	(.../searchitems.php)	(revision 1080)
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
 
 function GetKeywords($phrase)
 {
-    global $KeywordIgnore;
+    global $KeywordIgnore, $objConfig;
     
     //echo "Passed Phrase: $phrase<br>";
     if(count($KeywordIgnore)==0)
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@
     $keywords["required"]= array();
     $keywords["notallowed"] = array();
     $keywords["ignored"] = array();  
+    $min_length = $objConfig->Get('Search_MinKeyword_Length');
     if(!strlen($phrase))
         return trim($keywords);
     $w_array = array();
@@ -688,16 +689,24 @@
       switch(substr($keyword,0,1))
       {
         case "|":
-           $keywords["normal"][]= substr($keyword,1);
+           if (strlen(substr($keyword,1)) >= $min_length) {
+           		$keywords["normal"][]= substr($keyword,1);
+           }
            break;
         case "+":
-           $keywords["required"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+        	if (strlen(substr($keyword,1)) >= $min_length) {
+           		$keywords["required"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+        	}
            break;
         case "-":
-           $keywords["notallowed"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+        	if (strlen(substr($keyword,1)) >= $min_length) {
+           		$keywords["notallowed"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+        	}
            break;
         case "=":
-           $keywords["ignored"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+        	if (strlen(substr($keyword,1)) >= $min_length) {
+           		$keywords["ignored"][] = substr($keyword,1);
+        	}
            break;
       }
   }