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Jonuux
Jonuux

Reputation: 531

Creating task or a view for search results

I'm making a search for joomla, after clicking search button I am getting this url:

index.php?searchword=aa&task=search

How can I create a view or task for it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1063

Answers (2)

Mark Vink
Mark Vink

Reputation: 151

If you use the basic joomla search component you will find the views in

/components/com_search/views/search/tmpl

If you edit the view then its advisable to use template overrides, to ensure you will not lose your views on upgrade : http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_output_from_the_Joomla!_core

addition :

If you are building a component and you want a task to execute like that, then use this in your YourComponentName.php.

$controller   = JController::getInstance('FrontendSuite');
$controller->execute(JRequest::getVar('task'));
$controller->redirect();

And add the task as a function in your controller.php. You will get something like this :

function search(){
    $searchword = JRequest::getVar('searchword');
    //Do your magic
}

As Valentin pointed out just below, you will need to add option=com_yoursearchcomponent to your URL for Joomla to call your component.

Adding Views to your component is explained quite well in the link Valentin posted below, http://docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-Controller_Component/2.5/Adding_a_view_to_the_site_part

Hope this helps,

Good luck

Upvotes: 2

Valentin Despa
Valentin Despa

Reputation: 42622

Your URL will be like:

index.php?option=com_yoursearchcomponent&task=search&keyword=xxx

So you need to create a component. Have a look at the Developing a Model-View-Controller Component.

Then you will have in your controller or subcontroller the task search which will call the view search, where you will have the appropiate template for the view.

Upvotes: 1

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