Website search engine not working

[MrXortex]

I got a movie search website but when I search something it says 404 page not found.

 

The site is working under a framework called code igniter.

 

Here is the back-end code of search engine:

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Search extends CI_Controller {
	
	function __construct() {
		parent::__construct();
	}
	
	public function index($extra=array()) {
		$q = $this->input->get('q');
		if (!empty($q)) {
			redirect('search/' . $q);
		}
		redirect();
	}
	
	public function do_search() {
		$this->load->model('movies');
		$this->load->model('ssearch');
		$search_string = $this->uri->segment(2);
		
		$data['main_menubar']['categories'] = $this->movies->get_all_categories();
		$data['search']['results'] = $this->ssearch->search_for_movies($search_string);
		
		echo $this->load->view('includes/header', (isset($data['header']) ? $data['header'] : ''), true);
		echo $this->load->view('includes/main_menubar', (isset($data['main_menubar']) ? $data['main_menubar'] : ''), true);
		echo $this->load->view('search', (isset($data['search']) ? $data['search'] : ''), true);
		echo $this->load->view('includes/footer', (isset($data['footer']) ? $data['footer'] : ''), true);
	}
	
}

And the front-end code: 

<div class="content_segment recentMovies clearfix">
    <div class="segment_title clearfix">
        Search: <?php echo urldecode($this->uri->segment(2)); ?>
    </div> <!-- segment_title -->
    <div class="inner_padding clearfix">
        <div class="horisontal_movie_list clearfix">
                <?php if(empty($results)) : ?>
                    <p>No movies found.</p>
                <?php endif; ?>
            <ul>
            	<?php if(!empty($results)): ?>
                <?php foreach($results as $movie) : ?>
                <?php
                $categories = explode(',', $movie['categories']);
                $cat_ids = explode(',', $movie['categories_id']);
                $movie['categories'] = "";
                for ($i=0; $i < count($categories); ++$i) {
                    $movie['categories'] .= '<a href="'.site_url('view/category/'. $cat_ids[$i]).'">'.$categories[$i].'</a>, ';
                }
                $movie['categories'] = substr($movie['categories'], 0, -2);
                ?>
                <li>
                    <a href="<?php echo site_url('view/movie/'. $movie['id']); ?>">
                    <div class="imageWrapper">
                            <img src="<?php echo base_url() . 'img/movie_covers/' . $movie['cover_image']; ?>" alt="No cover!" />
                    </div>
                    </a>
                    <div class="information">
                        <h4 class="title"> <?php if($movie['favorite'] == 1) : ?><img src="<?php echo base_url(); ?>img/other/favorite_icon_small.png" alt="" /><?php endif; ?> <a href="<?php echo site_url('view/movie/'. $movie['id']); ?>"> <?php echo $movie['movie_title']; ?> </a> </h4>
                        <p class="meta"><?php echo $movie['categories']; ?>  |  <?php echo $movie['release_date']; ?>  |  First watched <?php echo date('F j, Y', $movie['watch_date']); ?></p>
                        <p class="description"><?php echo $movie['description']; ?></p>
                    </div>
                </li>
                <?php endforeach; ?>
                <?php endif; ?>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div> <!-- list -->
</div> <!-- content_segment -->

The menu bar search:

<menu class="menubar clearfix">
	<a class="logo" href="<?php echo site_url(); ?>"></a>
	<ul class="clearfix">
    	<li> <a href="<?php echo site_url() ?>"> Home </a> </li>
        <li> <a href="<?php echo site_url('view/movies'); ?>"> Movies </a> </li>
    	<li class="categories_link">
            <a href="<?php echo site_url('view/category') ?>"> Categories </a>
            <ul>
                <?php foreach ($categories as $cat) : ?>
                <li><a href="<?php echo site_url('view/category/' . $cat['id']); ?>"><?php echo $cat['name']; ?></a></li>
                <?php endforeach; ?>
            </ul>
        </li>
    	<li> <a href="<?php echo site_url('admin') ?>"> Admin area </a> </li>
    </ul>
    <div class="search">
    	<form action="<?php echo site_url('search'); ?>" method="GET">
        	<input type="search" name="search.php" value="" autofocus placeholder="Search" />
        </form>
    </div>
</menu>

I hope someone finds a solution, I am stuck for 2 days.

 

Cheers.

[MrXortex]

Come on, anyone?

[micah1701]

I suspect it has more to do with your site's framework set up and/or the post back link to your search page.

I see your URL is  "index.php?search=XXX" 

The "?search" variable is part of the searched for keywords but it does not tell the index.php script which page to load.

I suspect the URL should be something like "localhost/mmdb/index.php/search/?search=XXX" or simply "localhost/mmdb/search/?search=XXX"  or maybe even "localhost/mmdb/search.php?search=XXX"

 

Does the search page load at all (before you actually search for something?)

 

If so, what is the URL of THAT page?