Adding search to a site (Beginner)

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1

I’m following this page to add search to a site, but I’m completely confused.

I’ve created the site/templates/search.php
I’ve create the site/controllers/search.php

…as shown on that page, however…

How do I actually do a search?
Where is the search filed shown?
Do I have to create a .yml file for search page?

Right now I’m not doing anything special, just following that page.

When I do manually create a empty dummy content/search/search.txt file, I get just a blank white empty page.

I’m obviously missing something, but not sure what my next turn is. I’d love some help with this, or at least a point in the right direction.

Cheers.

P.S. the site is on my test domain: kamgar.net

2

The search field is in the form in the template: Search | Kirby CMS

So when you open the search page, you should see the form. Make sure you have no typos in your file names anywhere.

So
/content/search/search.txt
/site/templates/search.php
/site/controllers.search.php

should do the job.

3

Thanks for getting back to me.

I have all of those pages pages as I explained, and all I see is a blank page.

This is what I have, again direct copy from that page.

/content/search/search.txt

(is blank)

/site/templates/search.php

<form>
	<input type="search" aria-label="Search" name="q" value="<?= html($query) ?>">
	<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

<ul>
	<?php foreach ($results as $result): ?>
	<li>
		<a href="<?= $result->url() ?>">
			<?= $result->title() ?>
		</a>
	</li>
	<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>

/site/controllers/search.php

<?php

return function ($site) {

	$query   = get('q');
	$results = page('blog')->search($query, 'title|text');
	$results = $results->paginate(20);

	return [
		'query'      => $query,
		'results'    => $results,
		'pagination' => $results->pagination()
	];

};
4

In the example, we search a page called blog, that only makes sense if you have a blog page, you probably want to search another page or even the site

<?php

return function ($site) {

	$query   = get('q');
	$results = $site->search($query, 'title|text'); // use site object to search
	$results = $results->paginate(20);

	return [
		'query'      => $query,
		'results'    => $results,
		'pagination' => $results->pagination()
	];

};

If you have debug disabled, you won’t see the error message, for cases like that, enabling debug in config would be the first step.

5

Yes, I do have a /blog page but now copied your last piece of code.

Good point about the debug! I’ve now enabled the debug, and getting this…

Kia – 2023-07-19
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6

But $query is defined in the controller, so should not be undefined in the template.

7

What happens if get() doesnt find 'q'? Does it return null then? That doesnt solve the undefined issue though does it.

8

If get('q') is null, then the value of $query is null, but the variable is still defined.

(On a side note, I know that the recipe works…)

9

If the recipe works, then what could be the issue here? Bearing in mind that I’ve copied the code from the cookbook as is.

I’m completely confused :expressionless:

10

No idea, is the project on GitHub?

11

No GitHub, as I’m not a dev so no need to use it. But happy to DM you the FTP details for the test server.

DM sent :slight_smile:

Cheers!

12

Thanks @texnixe for finding the issue!

It was a typo I made for the controller file :expressionless:

Everything now works as needed.

I feel silly, but we live and learn.