function basicSphinxSearch(
  $qry, $field_name, $page, $per_page, $only_historical){

  // Connect to sphinx server
  $sp = new SphinxClient();

  // Set the server
  $sp->SetServer('localhost', 3312);

  // SPH_MATCH_ALL will match all words in the search term
  // SPH_MATCH_EXTENDED2 will allow us to match specific fields only!
  if( $field_name != null ){
    $sp->SetMatchMode(SPH_MATCH_EXTENDED2);
  } else {
    $sp->SetMatchMode(SPH_MATCH_ALL);
  }

  // I will sort by ID descending rather than closest match.
  // I am trying to get the latest match first.
  $sp->SetSortMode(SPH_SORT_EXTENDED, '@id DESC');

  // Setting limits on the query- written for readability:
  if( $page == 0)
    $sp->SetLimits(0, $per_page);
  else
    $sp->SetLimits($page * $per_page, $page * $per_page + $per_page);

  // We want an array with complete per match information including the document ids
  $sp->SetArrayResult(true);

  // Will we specify field or search whole index?
  $sp_qry = "";
  if($field_name != null){
    $sp_qry = "@(".$field_name.") ".$qry;
  } else {
    $sp_qry = $qry;
  }

  // You have to specify both indexes if you want to search them!
  // Check last blog post for example of how I set up the indexes.
  $results = null;
  if( !$only_historical ){
    $results = $sp->Query($sp_qry, 'members membersdelta');
  } else {
    $results = $sp->Query($sp_qry, 'members');
  }

  // Returning empty arrays if we get no result or bad result (e.g. server error / down)
  if($results == null || count($results) == 0)
    return array();
  if(!isset($results["matches"]))
    return array();
  if(count($results["matches"]) == 0 )
    return array();

  // I will extract the arrays and build a query.
  // I will do this because I will not index all of my rows
  // and will need to consult MySQL for the full data.
  // I will build and "in()" query from the ids.
  $ids = array();
  foreach( $results["matches"] as $res){
    array_push($ids, $res["id"]);
  }
  $ins = "";
  $i = 0;
  $len = count($ids);
  foreach( $ids as $id ){
    if( $i < $len - 1)
      $ins .= "$id,";
    else if($i == $len - 1)
      $ins .= "$id";
    $i++;
  }

  // write our In query that selects in() on the primary key, with an order by.
  $final_qry = "select * from table_name_here where id in($ins) order by created desc";

  // I am using RedBean PHP in my example but you can use whatever here.
  $rows = R::getAll($final_qry);
  return $rows;
}