Hello,
I would like to have an advancedsearch.php. This link will be called from the main page of the scrip and called only if the user wants it. In this advanced search i would like to have:
- the main categories in a drop down menu
- a choice to select the sort (relevance, reviews, price low to high, price high to low)
- price between....$ to ....$
- a choice to select if the user wants to search in title or description or both (drop down)
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance,
Gabriel
Thanks for your reply and for the email. I will do the changes and see how it looks. I want to provide the advanced search like Froogle but not all, just some mods.
Thanks again,
Gabriel
i have modified my code and it works fine. But i want to do a separate advancedsearch.php that could be called from main page just like Froogle. index.php i wish to remain how it is, only with the search field. And to do a separate search file called advancedsearch.php in wich i wish to insert the optional code (min/max price, main cat etc)
Thanks,
Gabriel
Hi Gabriel,
How are you getting on with your new search page? I would make a copy of index.php and call it advancedsearch.php. Then, instead of adding the min/max price boxes to html/searchform.php, simply copy the content from searchform.php and paste it directly into your new advancedsearch.php. Don't forget to remove the call to require("html/searchform.php").
Cheers,
David.
Here it is my advanced_search_form.php
What and where should i modify here and in search.php?
Thanks,
Gabriel
Hi Gabriel,
Can you email me the files, it will be easier to make the changes, then i'll send them back to you...
Cheers,
David.
Hello Gabriel,
There's quite a lot of work involved in making all the database and search method changes required to support the kind of advanced search features you want to offer; however most of them have been covered separately in other threads.
First of all; to provide search over title and description you need to modify the database structure and create the required new full text index. More details in the following thread:
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/224
There are some mods available that can support min / max price, but as this involves changes to many files I have it available as a .zip file which I will email to you (with mod instructions) in just a moment...
Once all these changes are in place and working you can then look at created your advanced search page - but again please don't underestimate the work involved here - the search provided by the script as it stands works well in the majority of cases...
Cheers,
David.