customizing the search form

Monday 11 August 2008 2:11:57 pm

I think you should better use a filter rather than a search.

Something like:

<form action='some_url' method='get'>

<label>Country:</label>
<select name="country">
<option value="xx">RDC</option>
<option value="xx">BELGIQUE</option>
<option value="xx">NORVEGE</option>
</select>

<label>Town:</label>
<select name="town">
<option value="xx">kinshasa</option>
<option value="xx">bruxelles</option>
<option value="xx">paris</option>
</select>

<label>Tag:</label>
<input type="text" name="SearchText" />
<input type="submit" name="SearchButton" value="search" />
</form>

Where:
some_url = url to a dummy node
xx = id of the town/country for the datatype you are using (if you use objectrelations, then xx = object id)

And inside the template for some_url:

{def $results=fetch(content, tree, hash( parent_node_id, 2,
                                                         attribute_filter, array('and',
                                                                   array('myclass/country','=',$view_parameters.country),
                                                                   array('myclass/town','=',$view_parameters.town),
                                                                 array('myclass/body','like',concat('*',$view_parameters.SearchText,'*')) ))}

Where myclass/country, myclass/town, myclass/body are the class and attributes where you want the search to be performed.