Is it possible to change server variable using PHP?

[Foamcow]

I'm trying to implement a full text search but need to match strings of 3 characters or more.

The MySQL server variable ft_min_word_len is set to 4 and since this site will run on shared hosting I'm not sure I can change it globally (since it's down to the host).

I was wondering if it's possible to change ft_min_word_len on a 'local' level, perhaps using PHP?

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[sleipnir214]

According to this page at MySQL's website:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-system-variables.html

That setting is not dynamically changeable.



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