Search results for subpage entries

[Tyssen]

I'm using the following search template:

<?php

/**
 * Search template
 *
 */

$outMain = '';

if($q = $sanitizer->selectorValue($input->get->q)) {

	$input->whitelist('q', $q);

	$matches = $pages->find("title|body|sidebar~=$q, limit=50");

	$count = count($matches);

	if($count) {
		$outMain .= "<h1>Search results</h1>
		<p><strong>Found $count pages matching your query:</strong></p>" .
			"<ul class=\"nb\">";

		foreach($matches as $m) {
			$outMain .= "<li>
				<h2 class=\"h4\"><a href='{$m->url}'>{$m->title}</a></h2>
			</li>";
		}

		$outMain .= "</ul>";

	} else {
		$outMain .= "<h2>Sorry, no results were found.</h2>";
	}
} else {
	$outMain .= "<p>Please enter a search term in the search box (upper right corner)</p>";
}

include("./main.inc.php");

That works fine for pages that have their own URL but I have a bunch of child pages that don't have their own URLs, they're part of the parent page.

How do I modify the code above so that the search result links to the parent page when the entry has no URL of its own? 

[Wanze]

Hi Tyssen,

Each page in ProcessWire has its own (unique) url.

What do you mean with child-pages? Can you give an example how those pages are integrated in a parent page?

Cheers

[Tyssen]

The pages are set up like:

General Courses

- Course 1

- Course 2

- Course 3

On the site, only a page for General Courses exists, all the individual courses are listed on that page, they don't have their own unique page that you can visit.

[Harmster]

Page or Template?

Because you say subpage, but if it isnt a child page the word subpage is confusing,

How did you set up the Courses? as fields? as text? or as a child page?

[Wanze]

If your course template has the fields "title|body|sidebar", they should be searched too. If these "sub-pages" are hidden, you need to add "include=hidden" to your selector string.

For the results:

foreach($matches as $m) {
  $outMain .= "<li>"
  $url = ($m->template == 'course') ? $m->parent->url : $m->url;
  $title = ($m->template == 'course') ? $m->parent->title : $m->title;
  <h2 class=\"h4\"><a href='{$url}'>{$title}</a></h2>
  </li>";
}

Note that the parent page may be listed multiple times with this code.

[Tyssen]

Thanks Wanze, that's what I'm after.