ajaxSearch per url | dynamic search link creation

26 Posts

Newton Reply #1, 18 years ago

Hello,

i installed the tagcloud snippet which shows a weighted wordlist.

The snippet creates a tagcloud and every word is a link. The script creates HTML href`s but the FSF-call doesnt work and i couldnt find the information on how to let ajaxSearch work by sending an url.

Thanks

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coroico Reply #2, 18 years ago

Newton, I am not sure to understand your request embarrassed

Could you explain what you are awaiting from AjaxSearch. Thanks

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ronaldlokers Reply #3, 18 years ago

Quote from: coroico at Sep 24, 2008, 07:25 AM

Newton, I am not sure to understand your request Could you explain what you are awaiting from AjaxSearch. Thanks

I think he wants to activate AjaxSearch with a parameter in the url like this:

http://www.domain.ext/AjaxSearch.html?q=searchforthisword

with regards,

Ronald Lokers
'Front-end developer' @ h2o Media

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coroico Reply #4, 18 years ago

To activate AS with a parameter in the url try:

your_url?index=xx&AS_search=searchthatword&advsearch=advsearchOption

See lines code between 292 and 305 function validSearchString in file classes/ajaxSearch.inc.php:

    if ( isset($_POST['search']) || isset($_GET['AS_search']) || isset($_GET['FSF_search'])) {
      // Prefer post to get
      if (isset($_POST['search'])) {
        $this->searchString = $_POST['search'];
        if (is_array($this->searchString)) $this->searchString = implode(' ',array_values($this->searchString));   // use of searchWordList 
      } elseif (isset($_GET['AS_search'])) {
        $this->searchString = urldecode($_GET['AS_search']);
      } else {
        // Code to make tag cloud snippet work with this search
        $this->searchString = $_GET['FSF_search'];
      }
      if (isset($_POST['advSearch'])) $this->advSearch = $_POST['advSearch'];
      else if (isset($_GET['advsearch'])) $this->advSearch = $_GET['advsearch'];
    }

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Newton Reply #5, 18 years ago

Thanks for your help.

My problem: i want a ajaxsearch but without typing the searchstring or hitting enter. The background is that the tagcloud snippet creates a cloud of words appearing in different documents. Then it displays the cloud, each word as a link. By clicking a link it will search the formaly documents for that word und displays a normal search result page.
Therefore i wanted to call ajaxsearch by an url, so i can manipulate the tagcloud snippet to work with AS instead of non-working FSF code.

I will try your suggestion and report it here later.