Within search.php...

If the user search is successful I want a custom message to display above the search returns, but only if there are matches to the search.

Thank you

Hi Mooseman, I though the code Marshall suggested would do that. Did you try it?

https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=112973

Thanks,
David

No it's not what am after and mentioned that in the last part of that thread.

It was clear in that post I had not done a good job explaining what I want which is why I resubmitted the post more clearly phrased and to the point.

Reiterating...

Within search.php...
If the user search is successful I want a custom message to display above the search returns, but only if there are matches to the search.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, I have an idea that might work. I'll check it out later this evening...

David

Hi Mooseman, sorry I didn't understand what you were after, but I have something for you..

The nice thing is the cart has a message that shows when no results are found and that message is wrapped in a <div> with a class. With Javascript, it's quite easy to check to see if it exists, and if not, we know some results were returned...
Drumroll please......

Here is a nice solution. In the search.php page (this will work for .asp versions of the cart too), you just add a line of html just before the include line that calls up the results, and after that line, you add some javascript like so...



Of course change the "This is a message shows when results are found" message there to whatever you like.

It's also possible to show the term they searched for and to replace this message with something different when no results are returned.
We can even hide or replace the "Sorry, no products matched your search" message if needed.

You can see a demo here -
(No results found) https://www.floridasurpluswarehouse.com/dev/search.php?pg=1&stext=ddd
(Yes results found) https://www.floridasurpluswarehouse.com/dev/search.php?pg=1&stext=monitor

Thanks,
David

Hi Dave,

Thank you for the suggestion. I see in the example URLs that it works fine, but is not working for me. It must be something specific to the site or page.

The site: www.ceramicfasteners.com
Search page: https://www.ceramicfasteners.com/buy/search.php

Your code is in there and already displaying even before any search is made.
Is the three red, x-small "xxx" on the right margin.

It remains displayed whether the search is successful, or not.

Results - enter: alumina
No results - enter: steel

ETC-related code on this page includes, in order of appearance:

<?php
session_cache_limiter('none');
session_save_path("/ -- removed for this post -- /cgi-bin/tmp");
session_start();
ob_start(); ?>


<?php include "vsadmin/db_conn_open.php" ?>
<?php include "vsadmin/inc/languagefile.php" ?>
<?php include "vsadmin/includes.php" ?>
<?php $usecsslayout=FALSE; ?>
<?php $orsortby = 2; ?>
<?php include "vsadmin/inc/incfunctions.php" ?>

<?php $cpdcolumns="id,description,price"; ?>
<?php $cpdheaders="Part No.,Description,Price Ea."; ?>
<?php $orprodsperpage=5000; ?>

<div id="srchmsg" style="float:right; color:red; font-size:x-small"></div>

<?php include "vsadmin/inc/incsearch.php" ?>

<script>
if (document.getElementsByClassName('nosearchresults')[0] == null) {
document.getElementById('srchmsg').innerHTML = 'XXX';
}
</script>


+++++++++++++++++

Please advise if you need to see something else

Thank you

OOPS... missed this bit of ETC-specific code

Appears in the head:

<script type="text/javascript"
src="js/ectcart.js"></script>

Hi, I didn't test, or take into account that it would show when no search was entered.
I think I can fix that, and I'll take a closer look this evening when I get home.

I also see you are using table based layouts there, so the class does not exist. What version of the cart are you on?

Thanks,
David

Cart version 7.0.4

Hi, I am guessing you probably don't want to turn on css layouts for the whole site, as I am sure there would be a bit of tweaking to get things looking right, but maybe we can turn it on for the search page without adverse effects.

As a quick test, can you try this line, before the include line on the search.php page to see how the results look?

<?php $usecsslayout=TRUE;?>
<?php include "vsadmin/inc/incsearch.php" ?>

If you don't want to test on the live page, just open the search.php in your editor and save it as search1.php, add the change and load it on the server and navigate to that page to see what search results look like.
Having the csslayouts will fix part of the issue your having.
From there, I will just need to fix the issue of the message showing with no search was performed.

Thanks,
David

Hi, I have this worked out now.
For anyone who has css layouts enabled, to avoid the message when no search is performed, then this is the code


If you are not using css layouts then you can use the following


Technically the code above should work on css and non-css layouts with the only caveat being that you have the content area of the page wrapped in a div with the class "content".

Try it out and let me know how you get along.
I have the 2nd version running on the test site here
(Land on search page with no search performed) https://www.floridasurpluswarehouse.com/dev/search.php
(No results found) https://www.floridasurpluswarehouse.com/dev/search.php?pg=1&stext=ddd
(Yes results found) https://www.floridasurpluswarehouse.com/dev/search.php?pg=1&stext=monitor

Thanks,
David

AWESOME!

Using your "non ccs layouts" version work perfectly. To be clear it was this one:

<div id="srchmsg"></div>

<?php include "vsadmin/inc/incsearch.php" ?>

<script>
var strchek = (document.getElementsByClassName('content')[0].innerText);
var reschek = strchek.match(/no products matched your search/g); //string to check for
if (reschek == null && '<?php print htmlspecials($stext)?>' != '') {
document.getElementById('srchmsg').innerHTML = 'This is a message that shows when results are found'; //change your message here
}
</script>

FYI... My page content area NOT being enclosed in a div with the class "content" did not seem to matter!

Go to: https://www.ceramicfasteners.com/buy/search.php

To test, use:

For Results, enter: alumina
For No results, enter: steel

Look for red, x-small "XXX" on the right margin to appear ONLY with results.

Thanks again for all your help.

quote:

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My page content area NOT being enclosed in a div with the class "content" did not seem to matter!

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I check your page before working up that snipplet, and it actually does have the "content" class there.

I'm glad I could help out.

Thanks,
David