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I am running a small search on contacts.  I am getting some weird behavior.

Here is what I am using for the params:

$keyword="eco";
$type="Individual";

$params = array(
'display_name'        => $keyword,
'contact_type'       => $type,
'return.contact_id'   => 1,
'return.display_name' => 1,
);
$result = civicrm_contact_search( $params );

$countresult = civicrm_contact_search_count( $params );

if ($countresult ==0 ) {
echo"<br><br> No results";
}
else {
print_r( $countresult );
echo"<br><br>";
print_r( $result );
}

This returns 2 for $countresult (civicrm_contact_search_count);

But, the actual returns from civicrm_contact_search is 4 results, 2 of which do not contact the defined paramters.

What am I missing, here?

Hi,

If you are attending civicon, don't miss the API version 3 presentation by kyle, you'll discover a lot of nice new stuff.

As for your query, you don't filter anything beside the individuals, it returns all the contacts (or first 25 if you have more). return simply says what attributes to return.

The difference is weird indeed. might be a bug on the ACL or some deleted contacts? What are the two extra?
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