simple site search without module

[stanoliver]

Hi! I tried to implement a simple site search like in the regular site profile by Ryan.

http://demo.processwire.com/regular/

I checked out the code on github but I could not make it work for my site. Probably because Ryan uses some advanced output strategy and uikit specific stuff which I don't use or understand.

For my site I just use:

- 1 template (name: templatetoparea.php) for the toparea of my site

- 1 template (name: templatemainare.php) for the main content of my site

- 1 template (name: templatefooterarea.php) for the footerarea of my site.

Also I have prepared two empty templates:

- 1 template (name: templatesearch.php) for the search itself

- 1 template (name: templatelistsearch.php) for listing the search results

May somebody could let me know how to implement a very basic site search like in the regular site profile without using any module or complicated output strategies.

Two things would be a must have:

- The search should work with standard repeaters (where most of my content lives)

- The search results/hits should be listed and the search word(s) should have a yellow colored background (inline css is fine) 

[teppo]

Hey stanoliver!

First of all, it's difficult to say exactly how to set this up without knowing how your site has been set up etc. but if you're looking for a simple solution, you might want to take a look at the search template in the "classic" site profile: https://github.com/processwire/processwire/blob/master/site-classic/templates/search.php. This is a very bare-bones approach, though, and as such it doesn't handle things like those highlights – but it might be a sensible starting point for your own custom feature. Just modify the fields to search from etc.

I know you said that you'd like to achieve this without a module, but I do still think that SearchEngine would make sense here. It does quite a bit for you out of the box.

Hope this helps a bit.

[dragan]

18 hours ago, stanoliver said:

For my site I just use:

- 1 template (name: templatetoparea.php) for the toparea of my site

- 1 template (name: templatemainare.php) for the main content of my site

- 1 template (name: templatefooterarea.php) for the footerarea of my site.

Not related to search, but: Are these really three templates? i.e. do you really use them as PW-templates, or just as partials that you include() in the template?

18 hours ago, stanoliver said:

The search should work with standard repeaters (where most of my content lives)

Perhaps this is useful: https://processwire.com/blog/posts/processwire-3.0.91-core-updates/

$pages->find("FieldtypeTextarea|FieldtypeText|FieldtypePageTitle%=coffee");

or this: 

 

18 hours ago, stanoliver said:

- The search results/hits should be listed and the search word(s) should have a yellow colored background (inline css is fine) 

Here's an example with PHP: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9373023/how-can-i-get-a-summary-string-around-a-search-query-within-a-longer-string

Here's a little JS lib: https://markjs.io/

[stanoliver]

@dragan Your question made sense I am sorry for confusement.

Actually the real templates are like:

- templatehome.php

- templatebasicpage.php

The templates "templatetoparea.php" and "templatefooterarea.php" are included/are partials.

The template "mainarea.pp" made no sense at all. Sorry for confusing you.

Thanks for your help so far I will try out your guys hints.