diff --git a/src/Filters/FullTextSearch.php b/src/Filters/FullTextSearch.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Rhubarb\Stem\Filters;
+
+use Rhubarb\Crown\Exceptions\ImplementationException;
+use Rhubarb\Crown\String\StringTools;
+use Rhubarb\Stem\Collections\Collection;
+
+class FullTextSearch extends Filter
+{
+    const MODE_NATURAL_LANGUAGE = "NATURAL LANGUAGE";
+    const MODE_BOOLEAN = "BOOLEAN";
+    const MODE_QUERY_EXPANSION = "QUERY EXPANSION";
+    const MODES = [
+        self::MODE_NATURAL_LANGUAGE,
+        self::MODE_BOOLEAN,
+        self::MODE_QUERY_EXPANSION
+    ];
+
+    /** @var array $indexColumns */
+    protected $indexColumns;
+
+    /** @var string $searchPhrase */
+    protected $searchPhrase;
+
+    /** @var string $mode */
+    protected $mode;
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a filter that supports full text searching for MySql database tables.
+     *
+     * @param array $indexColumns The columns that comprise the index. Must be in the same order as the index itself
+     * @param string $searchPhrase The search phrase to match on
+     * @param string $mode The mode for the search filter. Can be one of "NATURAL LANGUAGE", "BOOLEAN" or "QUERY EXPANSION".
+     *
+     * @throws ImplementationException
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $indexColumns, $searchPhrase, $mode = "NATURAL LANGUAGE")
+    {
+        if (strlen(StringTools::implodeIgnoringBlanks("", $indexColumns)) === 0) {
+            throw new ImplementationException("Index columns passed an empty array");
+        }
+
+        $this->indexColumns = $indexColumns;
+        $this->searchPhrase = $searchPhrase;
+        $this->mode = $mode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function doGetUniqueIdentifiersToFilter(Collection $list)
+    {
+        $ids = [];
+
+        //We need to make sure our search value does not contain any diacritics
+        $searchValueCleaned = preg_replace('/&([a-z]{1,2})(acute|cedil|circ|grave|lig|orn|ring|slash|th|tilde|uml|caron);/i','$1', htmlentities($this->searchPhrase));
+        foreach ($list as $item) {
+            $columnsToSearch = $this->indexColumns;
+
+            foreach ($columnsToSearch as $column) {
+                if (preg_match("/$searchValueCleaned/i", $item[$column])) {
+                    $ids[] = $item->UniqueIdentifier;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $ids;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function getSettingsArray()
+    {
+        $settings = parent::getSettingsArray();
+        $settings["indexColumns"] = $this->indexColumns;
+        $settings["searchPhrase"] = $this->searchPhrase;
+        $settings["mode"] = $this->mode;
+
+        return $settings;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a new instance of the FullTextSearch from the settings array
+     *
+     * @param $settings
+     *
+     * @return FullTextSearch
+     *
+     * @throws ImplementationException
+     */
+    public static function fromSettingsArray($settings)
+    {
+        return new self($settings["indexColumns"], $settings["searchPhrase"], $settings["mode"]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Repositories/MySql/Filters/MySqlFullTextSearch.php b/src/Repositories/MySql/Filters/MySqlFullTextSearch.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Rhubarb\Stem\Repositories\MySql\Filters;
+
+use Rhubarb\Crown\Exceptions\ImplementationException;
+use Rhubarb\Crown\String\StringTools;
+use Rhubarb\Stem\Filters\Filter;
+use Rhubarb\Stem\Filters\FullTextSearch;
+use Rhubarb\Stem\Repositories\Repository;
+
+class MySqlFullTextSearch extends FullTextSearch
+{
+    use MySqlFilterTrait {
+        canFilter as canFilterTrait;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    protected static function doFilterWithRepository(Repository $repository, Filter $originalFilter, &$params, &$propertiesToAutoHydrate)
+    {
+        $settings = $originalFilter->getSettingsArray();
+        if (!isset($settings["indexColumns"]) || !isset($settings["searchPhrase"]) || !isset($settings["mode"])) {
+            throw new ImplementationException("Filter passed to doFilterWithRepository was \"" . get_class($originalFilter) . "\" expected " . \Unislim\WebApp\Shared\Filters\MySqlFullTextSearch::class);
+        }
+
+        $implodedColumns = StringTools::implodeIgnoringBlanks(",", $settings["indexColumns"]);
+        if (self::canFilter($repository, $implodedColumns, $propertiesToAutoHydrate)) {
+            $searchPhrase = $settings["searchPhrase"];
+            $paramName = uniqid() . str_replace(".", "", $implodedColumns);
+
+            $originalFilter->filteredByRepository = true;
+
+            $words = preg_split("/\W+/", $searchPhrase);            
+            $newWords = [];
+            foreach($words as $word){
+                if ($word) {
+                    $newWords[] = $word."*";
+                }
+            }
+
+            $searchPhrase = implode(" ", $newWords);
+
+            $params[$paramName] = $searchPhrase;
+
+            $parameter = ":" . $paramName;
+
+            return "MATCH ({$implodedColumns}) AGAINST ({$parameter} IN {$settings["mode"]} MODE)";
+        }        
+
+        parent::doFilterWithRepository($repository, $originalFilter, $params, $propertiesToAutoHydrate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    protected static function canFilter(Repository $repository, $columnName, &$propertiesToAutoHydrate)
+    {
+        $schema = $repository->getRepositorySchema();
+        $columns = $schema->getColumns();
+
+        //We need to explode the column name as we will have passed an imploded list of columns that
+        //comprise the index
+        $providedColumns = preg_split('@/@', $columnName, NULL, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+        foreach ($providedColumns as $column) {
+            if (!isset($column, $columns)) {
+                if (!self::canFilterTrait($repository, $column, $propertiesToAutoHydrate)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}