Search Results using URL

[mcmuney]

<input type="text" style="width:290px; border:  solid 1px #b1b1b1; height: 17px;" id="searchtags" name="searchtags" value="" />
<input type="image" src="images/search.jpg" onclick="searchImages()"/></div>

 

searchImages() function is called inside a .js file:

 

function searchImagesResponse(originalRequest)
{
   var response = originalRequest.responseText;
   var divResponse = $('divResponse');
   divResponse.innerHTML = response;
   var loading = $('loading');
   loading.style.display = 'none';
}

 

PROBLEM: I can't use the string on the url to directly show the results. For example: site.com/index.php?searchtags=tag_here. What can I do so that I can use the url to show search results?

[xtopolis]

This looks like an ajax problem..

 

I'm not sure what you're asking.  You want to use an ajax method of searching AND go to the url ?  or you just want the users to be able to see the search url, for instance if they want to bookmark it?

 

Both can be done using your javascript function to create and display the appropriate link ... but it seems counterproductive unless I misunderstand.

[mcmuney]

You got it right. I want to be able to send the URL to someone with the search results and users to see the URL as well. Currently, there's no way to do that.

[xtopolis]

Well... all it is is the same keywords searched..

 

Didn't you say yourself it was something like: site.com/index.php?searchtags=tag_here  ?

If so, your search function searchImages() must build url to query somewhere.. so take that query and copy/paste/mail/do whatever with it so that you get what you want..  you know what I mean?

[mcmuney]

I found the code, but I'm not sure what to change to show the URL. I want to point out that if I manually enter the path now (site.com/index.php?searchtags=tag_here), it does not show any results:

 

function searchImages()
{
var loading = $('loading');
loading.style.display = 'block';
var searchtags = document.getElementById('searchtags').value;
var ip = 0;
var url = 'ajax/search.php';
var pars = 'searchtags=' + encodeURIComponent(searchtags);


var myAjax = new Ajax.Request(
	url, 
	{
		method: 'get', 
		parameters: pars, 
		onComplete: searchImagesResponse
	});
}

[xtopolis]

It will likely be:

url + "?" + pars

 

Find a way to get that info returned to you.  I don't use jQuery much, but perhaps you could add arguments to searchImagesResponse or something.