Search Keyword in Plugin

Hi, srikanth. Actual programming questions normally go into the Devloper Forum.. moving there for additional community support.

Thanks Sue. Can somebody help me here ?

Hi Srikanth,

You can do this but you need to add 1 more parameter to your plugin tag. You need to tell EE to parse the {exp:search:keywords} tag BEFORE it parses your plugin parameters and tags. Since EE parses the tags as they’re encountered in the template, your plugin is getting parsed FIRST which means it’s literally using “{exp:search:keywords}” as the value of your parameter.

The parameter you add is parse=”inward” which makes the exp: tag get parsed first. Try this:

{exp:search_results_categories search_term="{exp:search:keywords}" parse="inward"}

 <-- plugin  o/p-->                                    

{/exp:search_results_categories}

Thanks Erik. Will try this.

Erik, even after using the above code I’m not able to fetch the value.

{exp:search_results_categories searchterm="{exp:search:keywords}" parse="inward"}

 <-- plugin  o/p-->                                    

{/exp:search_results_categories}  

$searchterm = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('searchterm');
echo $searchterm;

Diplays some hash code everytime. Please help.

But

{exp:search:keywords}

ouputs the search term when used normally.

{exp:search_results_categories searchterm="{segment_1}" parse="inward"}

 <-- plugin  o/p-->                                    

{/exp:search_results_categories}

This works though. Problem with search keywords tag ?

It is working as I found some other solution. I passed the search id from the url and in plug-in queried the db for the search term for the given search id.

Thanks Erik for the help.

Srikanth

It is working as I found some other solution. I passed the search id from the url and in plug-in queried the db for the search term for the given search id. Thanks Erik for the help. Srikanth

Glad you found a solution and glad to help out 😊

Erik