Help With Search Box/form

[William M]

Hi i am trying to create a search box on a site which will take you to the following page when you click the submit button:

www.mysite.co.uk/shop/compareprices/searchterm.htm
"searchterm" being the variable submitted in the search box

At present i have the following search box/form:
<form style="margin-bottom:0;" action="http://www.mysite.co.uk/shop/index.php" method="get">
<input name="ps" type="text" value="Enter Keywords" onfocus="if(this.value=='Enter Keywords'){this.value=''; this.style.color='#000000';}" size=18 />&nbsp;<input type="hidden" name="sv" value="1" />
<input type="submit" class="srchsubmit" value="Go" />
</form>

This takes you to:
http://www.mysite.co.uk/shop/index.php?ps=searchterm&sv=1

I have already got the mod rewrite working all i need is a searchbox/form which will take you to www.mysite.co.uk/shop/compareprices/searchterm.htm when submitted.

is it possible to do this?

Any help appreciated.

William

[alexgeek]

why not just use the following in your search script (index.php?ps=searchterm&sv=1)

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header ("Location: /shop/compareprices/searchterm.htm"); 

[William M]

Not really what i am after alexgeek.

What i really need is the search form code as i what it use the same search/form on deferent sites.
Maybe i wasnt to clear about what i need.
I want the form action to take you to for example:
www.mysite.co.uk/shop/compareprices/widget.htm
(with "widget" being the term submited in the search form)
So what i need is the code for the form which will do this.

I probably confused things mentioning the mod rewrite, the search form is what i need to get working.


William

[alexgeek]

Modrewrite would work for this,
I am probably wrong,
but you might have to do something like the following:

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 <form action="/shop/compareprices.php" method="GET">
input boxes
</form>

Which would take you to:
www.mysite.co.uk/shop/compareprices.php?search=searchterm

Then you can use modrewrite to make this:

www.mysite.co.uk/shop/compareprices/searchtem

[jtyoungs]

Originally Posted by alexgeek

I am probably wrong,

Then why talk?

im sure someone will come to help you out. (karinne is homing in on our distress signal now)

[c010depunkk]

You could solve this with javascript. A script like this could do the trick:

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<script type="text/javascript">
function postForm() {
    window.location = "www.mysite.co.uk/shop/compareprices/"+(getElementById('ps').value)+".htm";
    return false;
}
</script>

<form style="margin-bottom:0;" action="http://www.mysite.co.uk/shop/index.php" method="get" onsubmit="return postForm();">
<input name="ps" id="ps" type="text" value="Enter Keywords" onfocus="if(this.value=='Enter Keywords'){this.value=''; this.style.color='#000000';}" size=18 />&nbsp;<input type="hidden" name="sv" value="1" />
<input type="submit" class="srchsubmit" value="Go" />
</form>

I haven't tested this, but see if that works. Of course if the client has javascript disabled, this won't work.

I think a PHP / mySQL solution would be better for something like this, but good luck however you do it.....

[William M]

Thanks c010depunkk, I just saw your post.

I came up with something similar myself

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<form style="margin-bottom:0;" name="searchprod" action="java script:jumpit(document.searchprod.keyword.value)">
<input type="text" size="18" name="keyword" value="Enter Keywords" onfocus="if(this.value=='Enter Keywords'){this.value=''; this.style.color='#000000';}" />
<input type="submit" class="srchsubmit" value="Go" onClick="jumpit()">
</form>
 
<script language="JavaScript">
function jumpit(keyword) {
document.location="http://www.mysite.co.uk/compareprices/" + keyword + ".htm";
}
</script>

The problem i have now is if you enter a 2 or more word search you have a space between the words. I cant figure out how to replace the space for example a search for "blue widget" would take you to:
www.mysite.co.uk/compareprices/blue%20widget.htm

I want to replace this space to get:
www.mysite.co.uk/compareprices/blue-widget.htm

Thanks

William

[c010depunkk]

Use the replace function.