allow US state name abbreviations at beginning of search term

[nominatim.git] / lib / Geocode.php

diff --git a/lib/Geocode.php b/lib/Geocode.php
index 8d3ae79aeff5c97612f163506aeb3939e80ff4ac..f87748c3d28bae49588192ea109a64d693380cde 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Geocode.php
+++ b/lib/Geocode.php
@@ -483,9 +483,9 @@
                        // Conflicts between US state abreviations and various words for 'the' in different languages
                        if (isset($this->aLangPrefOrder['name:en']))
                        {
-                               $sQuery = preg_replace('/,\s*il\s*(,|$)/',', illinois\1', $sQuery);
-                               $sQuery = preg_replace('/,\s*al\s*(,|$)/',', alabama\1', $sQuery);
-                               $sQuery = preg_replace('/,\s*la\s*(,|$)/',', louisiana\1', $sQuery);
+                               $sQuery = preg_replace('/(^|,)\s*il\s*(,|$)/','\1illinois\2', $sQuery);
+                               $sQuery = preg_replace('/(^|,)\s*al\s*(,|$)/','\1alabama\2', $sQuery);
+                               $sQuery = preg_replace('/(^|,)\s*la\s*(,|$)/','\1louisiana\2', $sQuery);
                        }
 
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