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Author: GitFr33

search-example.php

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+<?php
+
+function show_search_form(){
+	if($_GET['keywords']){
+		$value = "value=\"" . htmlentities($_GET['keywords']) ."\"";
+	}else{
+		$value = '';
+	}
+	$search_form = '
+	<form method="get" id="header_search_form" action="search">
+		<input type="search" class="menu_link" name="keywords" placeholder="Search" ' . $value . ' required>
+		<input type="submit" value="GO" class="menu_link">
+	</form>';
+	
+	return $search_form;
+	}
+
+function show_search(){
+	
+	if($_GET['keywords']){
+		global $DB;
+	
+		# configure search engine
+		
+		# Set which table to look in 
+		$table = "pages";
+		
+		# Set which of the feilds in that table should be searched
+		$look_in = array('id','title','description','category','url','content','keywords');
+		
+		# Set which fields results should be ranked by (a filed that is encluded twice will be given twice the ranking weight)
+		$rank_by = array('title', 'title', 'description','url');
+		
+		# Create the search object.
+			$search = new search($_GET['keywords'],$table, $look_in, $rank_by);
+		
+		# Optionally set search to match any keyword instead of all keywords
+			$search->settings['greedy'] = true;
+		
+		# Optionally set reqired conditions. 
+			# For example you could have a categories drop down in on your search page and pass the results to this method. 
+			# Or set the field to 'status' and the value to 'active' to only show items that are set to active in the database.
+			# $search->set_required_conditions($field, $value);
+			
+		# Optionally set a custom sort 
+			# Can be used to sort results by date or alphebetically rather then by relevence. (Second argument is optional and defults to SORT_ASC.)
+			# $search->set_sortby('date', SORT_DESC);
+		
+		# Return results formated as html edit the show_search_result_block() method to customize what fields are shown and how.
+			# This urrently uses the photosynthesis paginate class to handle mutiple pages of results. That could be removed or swapped for your favorite pagenator. 
+			$search_results_html = $search->get_results_html();
+		
+		# Alternatly return an array of ids instead
+			# Set the field to use.
+			$search->settings['id_field'] = 'id';
+		
+			# Get a sorted single level array matching ids.
+			$ids = $search->get_results_ids();
+		
+		# The get_results_message() method returns a formatted message about how many results were found
+		$out .= "<span class=\"small\">Found " . $search->get_results_message() ."</span> <br /><br />";
+		$out .= $search_results;
+
+	}else{
+		$out = "Please type what you would like to find in the search box at the upper right of the page."; 
+	}
+ 
+	return $out;
+}
+
+?>