英文介绍：http://www.sphinxsearch.com/docs/manual-0.9.9.html
一、首先需要在服务器上安装sphinx
在Windows上安装sphinx
1.下载支持mysql的包 http://www.sphinxsearch.com/downloads/sphinx-0.9.9-win32.zip
2.解压缩 sphinx-0.9.9-win32.zip 到 D:sphinx
3.安装sphinx服务，在命令行执行命令
D:sphinxsearchd --install --config d:sphinxsphinx.conf --servicename SphinxSearch
英文参照：http://www.sphinxsearch.com/docs ... #installing-windows
在Linux服务器上安装sphinx
1.下载源码包 http://www.sphinxsearch.com/downloads/sphinx-0.9.9.tar.gz
$ tar xzvf sphinx-0.9.8.tar.gz
$ cd sphinx
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/sphinx --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
$ make
$ make install
常见问题1
/usr/local/sphinx-0.9.9/src/sphinx.cpp:20060: undefined reference to `libiconv_open'
/usr/local/sphinx-0.9.9/src/sphinx.cpp:20078: undefined reference to `libiconv'
/usr/local/sphinx-0.9.9/src/sphinx.cpp:20084: undefined reference to `libiconv_close'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [indexer] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jling/sphinx-0.9.9/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jling/sphinx-0.9.9/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
解决办法：打开configure文件，找到“#define USE_LIBICONV 1”，将注释去掉，并将1改成0。
常见问题2
error while loading shared libraries: libmysqlclient.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
解决办法：
64位系统ln -s /usr/local/webserver/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0 /usr/lib64/libmysqlclient.so.16
32位系统ln -s /usr/local/webserver/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0 /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.16
sphinx.conf样例
source main
{
type = mysql #数据库类型
sql_host = 10.228.134.211 #数据库ip
sql_user = admin #数据库用户名
sql_pass = admin #数据库密码
sql_db = phpcms_v9 #数据库名
sql_port = 3306 # 数据库端口sql_query_pre = SET NAMES utf8
sql_query_pre = REPLACE INTO v9_sphinx_counter SELECT 1, MAX(searchid) FROM v9_search
sql_query = SELECT searchid, adddate, siteid, typeid, id, data FROM v9_search
WHERE searchid>=$start AND searchid<=$end
sql_query_range = SELECT 1,max_doc_id FROM v9_sphinx_counter WHERE counter_id=1
sql_range_step = 5000#字符串属性设置、需要过滤、排序的时候用到
sql_attr_uint = typeid
sql_attr_uint = siteid
sql_attr_uint = id
sql_attr_timestamp = adddate
sql_query_info = SELECT * FROM v9_search WHERE searchid=$id
}source delta
{
type = mysql #数据库类型
sql_host = 10.228.134.211 #数据库ip
sql_user = admin #数据库用户名
sql_pass = admin #数据库密码
sql_db = phpcms_v9 #数据库名
sql_port = 3306 # 数据库端口sql_query_pre = SET NAMES utf8
sql_query = SELECT searchid, adddate, siteid, typeid, id, data FROM v9_search
WHERE searchid >( SELECT max_doc_id FROM v9_sphinx_counter WHERE counter_id=1 )
sql_query_post = REPLACE INTO v9_sphinx_counter SELECT 1, MAX(searchid) FROM v9_search
#字符串属性设置、需要过滤、排序的时候用到
sql_attr_uint = typeid
sql_attr_uint = siteid
sql_attr_uint = id
sql_attr_timestamp = adddate
sql_query_info = SELECT * FROM v9_search WHERE searchid=$id
}#主索引
index main
{
source = main
# 放索引的目录
path = D:sphinxdatamain
# 编码
charset_type = utf-8
# 指定utf-8的编码表
charset_table = 0..9, A..Z->a..z, _, a..z, U+410..U+42F->U+430..U+44F, U+430..U+44F
# 简单分词，只支持0和1，如果要搜索中文，请指定为1
ngram_len = 1
# 需要分词的字符，如果要搜索中文，去掉前面的注释
ngram_chars = U+3000..U+2FA1F
}#增量索引
index delta
{
source = delta
path = D:sphinxdatadelta
# 编码
charset_type = utf-8
# 指定utf-8的编码表
charset_table = 0..9, A..Z->a..z, _, a..z, U+410..U+42F->U+430..U+44F, U+430..U+44F
# 简单分词，只支持0和1，如果要搜索中文，请指定为1
ngram_len = 1
# 需要分词的字符，如果要搜索中文，去掉前面的注释
ngram_chars = U+3000..U+2FA1F
}
indexer
{
mem_limit = 128M
}searchd
{
port = 9312
log = D:sphinxdataphpcmssearchd.log
query_log = D:sphinxdataphpcmsquery.log
read_timeout = 5
max_children = 30
pid_file = D:sphinxdataphpcmssearchd.pid
max_matches = 2000
seamless_rotate = 0
preopen_indexes = 0
unlink_old = 1
}
附件：设置计划任务更新索引
1.windows下
需要设置计划任务
#凌晨4点合并索引，执行merge.bat
#其余时间每分钟更新索引，执行delta.bat
merge.bat
@ECHO off
D:sphinxbinindexer.exe --config D:sphinxsphinx.conf --merge main delta --rotate
echo indexing, window will close when complete
delta.bat
@ECHO off
D:sphinxbinindexer.exe --config D:sphinxsphinx.conf delta --rotate
echo indexing, window will close when complete
2.linux下编辑定时任务 crontab -e
#凌晨4点合并索引，其余时间每分钟更新索引
* 0-3 * * * /usr/local/sphinx/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf delta --rotate
* 6-23 * * * /usr/local/sphinx/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf delta --rotate
0 4 * * * /usr/local/sphinx/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/sphinx/etc/sphinx.conf --merge main delta --rotate
各种路径、权限需要应用所在服务器一致，如：
sphinx.conf 中需要配置
sql_host 数据库主机地址
sql_user 数据库用户名
sql_pass 数据库密码
sql_db 数据库名
sql_port 数据库端口
phpcms表前缀样例中为phpcms_
索引路径 D:sphinxdatadelta