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Originally Posted by daystorm

Hi I am trying to make a search groups code to go on the groups home page.

I would like for it to be a drop down box where they can choose the catagory and then underneath a text box were they can refine their search with a search term.

So far this is the code I have, though, while the drop down is working the extra refining is not. Any help would be greatly appreciated....

<div id="main_form_container" style="width:275px;float:right;">

	<div id="main_form_header">Group Search</div>
	<div class="row_light">
		<form action="browse.php" method="get" name="group_search_form">
		<input type="hidden" name="do" value="list">
		<div style="padding:2px; padding-left:15px;">
			<br/>
			Search In: &nbsp;&nbsp;<select name='c'>
<option value='0'>Choose a category</option>
<option value='13'>Activities</option>
<option value='1'>Automotive</option>
<option value='14'>Business & Entrepreneurs</option>
<option value='5'>Cities</option>
<option value='16'>Companies / Co-workers</option>
<option value='2'>Computers & Internet</option>
<option value='7'>Cultures & Community</option>
<option value='4'>Entertainment</option>
<option value='8'>Fan Clubs</option>
<option value='9'>Fashion & Style</option>
<option value='33'>Fetish, BDSM, & S/M</option>
<option value='10'>Film & Television</option>
<option value='11'>Food, Drink & Wine</option>
<option value='5'>Games</option>
<option value='17'>Gay, Lesbian & Bi</option>
<option value='18'>Government & Politics</option>
<option value='6'>Health, Wellness & Fitness</option>
<option value='34'>Kink</option>
<option value='19'>Literature & Arts</option>
<option value='37'>Mandingo</option>
<option value='20'>Money & Investing</option>
<option value='21'>Music</option>
<option value='22'>Nightlife & Clubs</option>
<option value='23'>Non-profit & Philanthropic</option>
<option value='12'>Other</option>
<option value='24'>Pets & Animals</option>
<option value='25'>Places & Travel</option>
<option value='32'>Porn Industry</option>
<option value='26'>Professional Organizations</option>
<option value='27'>Recreation & Sports</option>
<option value='28'>Religion & Beliefs</option>
<option value='29'>Romance & Relationship</option>
<option value='30'>Science & History</option>
<option value='3'>Sexual Education</option>
<option value='31'>Sorority / Fraternities</option>
<option value='36'>Swinging / Swapping Couples</option>
<option value='35'>Swinging / Swapping Singles</option>

</select>

			<br/>
			<br/>
			Search For: <input type="text" name="searchterm" size="30">
			<br/><br/>
			<div style="padding-left:60px;">
		<input type="submit" value="Search" size="30"></div>
		</div>
		</form>
	</div>
	
</div>

Thank you,
Ella

what you'd like to do would require you to edit the search.php in order to allow for the catid variable. it's quite simple really.

find:

PHP Code:

$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
    'do'        => STR_NOHTML,
    'query'        => STR_NOHTML,
    'search'    => STR_NOHTML
)); 


and replace with:

PHP Code:

$vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('r', array(
    'do'        => STR_NOHTML,
    'query'        => STR_NOHTML,
    'search'    => STR_NOHTML,
    'c'    => TYPE_INT
)); 


now find:

PHP Code:

    $searchquery = "WHERE (grps.title LIKE '%" . $db->escape_string($search) . "%' OR grps.description LIKE '%" . $db->escape_string($search) . "%')"; 


and replace with

PHP Code:

    $searchquery = "WHERE (grps.title LIKE '%" . $db->escape_string($search) . "%' OR grps.description LIKE '%" . $db->escape_string($search) . "%') AND grps.catid = " . intval($vbulletin->GPC['c']); 


that's untested, though it should work, but it's mainly just to give you an idea.