MySQL Full-Text Searching with PHP

how to change the min & max search string length

[someone]

I am reading this article that says by default, the ft_min_word_len is 4 characters and the ft_max_word_len is 84 characters.

I don't have access to the MySQL configuration file, is there a way to change the full-text word length settings like using .htaccess?

I access my MySQL using phpMyAdmin, which is shared with a bunch of other users. So I have no rights to make modification whatsoever. Is there a way to modify just my table in there?

[ergophobe]

I'm pretty certain you need control over the server for this, but it's been a while since I looked into it.