# Swish->query

(PECL swish:0.1-0.3.0)

Swish->query — Execute a query and return results object

### Description

object Swish->query ( string `$query` )
Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

A quick method to execute a search with default parameters.

### Parameters

`query`

  Query string.

### Return Values

Returns SwishResults object.

### Errors/Exceptions

Throws SwishException on error.

### Examples

Example#1 Basic Swish->query() example

`<?php
try {
$swish = new Swish("index.swish-e");
$results = $swish->query("test query");
echo "Found: ", $results->hits, " hits\n";
} catch (SwishException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Found: 1 hits