API Reference / API Parameters / attributesToTransliterate
Type: object
Engine default: *
Parameter syntax
'attributesToTransliterate' => array(
  'attribute',
  // ...
)

Can be used in these methods:

About this parameter

Specify on which attributes to apply transliteration.

Transliteration lets you search in one alphabet and find results in another. For example, in Japanese, transliterations lets users search in Hiragana, and find results that are indexed in Kanji or Katakana.

Usage notes

Examples

Set attributes to transliterate

The following example enables transliteration when searching in the name or description attribute.

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$index->set_settings(array(
  'indexLanguages' => ['ja'],
  'attributesToTransliterate' => array(
    'name',
    'description'
  )
));
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