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Hello,

I am using the Search Module to make a simple search form that let’s the user search keywords for videos in a video library.
So far so good.

However, I would like the user to be able to narrow the search by checking one or two of my two checkboxes called “High Definition” and “Standard Definition”. I thought that I would be able to just have checkboxes in my form, for example:

<input type="checkbox" name="hq" value="High Quality" checked="checked" >High Quality

and then have the form post the variables, with a standard

<form name="form" class="searchform" method="post" action="{site_url}/clients/results">

The problem is that the {exp:search} does not accept the POST variables in the form, it redirects to a template in the results page with a hash URL like

results/1deb2acb7c153114e19487249ed2b313/

and all POST variables seem to be lost. I checked with debugging on and HTTPFox as well and indeed the POST variables got lost, presumably because the search module redirects to the hash URL.

My question is then, what is the least painful way to get my checkbox values to the Results page when the user hits “Search”?  Is there any way to do this using only the Search Module? How is a good way to approach this problem?

Thanks

Welcome to the ExpressionEngine forums, Corporate B-Roll.

Since you’re new to the EE forums, have you seen EEWiki:// How to Post a Support Request?

Can you tell us which version/build of EE2.x you’re using? See EEWiki:// HowTo Determine My EE Version

Are High Definition and Standard Definition fields or items in a field?

Hello,

Thanks for the quick response, I’m new here, so I apologize if I am posting in the wrong place.

I am Running EE v2.1.3 Build:  20101220

Yes the videos channel that I am searching has a radio button custom field called “quality” where you can toggle “High Definition” or “Standard Definition” when publishing a video entry.

Thanks

I am afraid there is no good way to use the Search Module in such a manner. You could either use a third-party add-on, or even code the query yourself with a bit of PHP. Have you considered using separate channels for these kinds of content? You could then restrict your search to just one channel.

Ok Thanks for the help. I guess It’s always worth a try to see if EE will do something for you 😊  I ended up using some ajax to save the states of the checkboxes in a session, then called the session variables in a conditional statement within the {exp:search:search_results}  not very easy, but it works.

Sounds good. Please post again in case there’s anything else.