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{low_search_category} not returning anything

siffring 2 Dec 2011 16:56 question, complete

Hi Low,

I'm using Low Search for the first time, so I may be doing something wrong, but {low_search_category} doesn't return anything form me.

I'm using it in the search form like your advanced example.

{exp:low_search:form collection="bibliographies" search_mode="all" result_page="bibliography/search" form_class="search"}

debug category:{low_search_category}

Category:

All categories
{exp:channel:categories channel="bibliographies" style="linear" show_empty="no"}

{category_name}

{/exp:channel:categories}

{/exp:low_search:form}

I include this form on the search results page (outside of the {exp:low_search:results} tag). I'm expecting that {low_search_category} to return the category that was searched on, but it just returns an empty string.

Am I doing something wrong?

I'm using Low Search 1.0.7.

Thanks.

Replies

1. Low 2 Dec 2011 18:35

   Hi Jason,
   
   Do you have an input field with name="category" or name="category[]" in your search form?

2. siffring 2 Dec 2011 19:38

   Yeah. GS stripped out my html. Let me try again.
   
{exp:low_search:form collection="bibliographies" search_mode="all" result_page="bibliography/search" form_class="search"}

debug category:{low_search_category}

<fieldset>
<label>Category:</label>
<select name="category">
<option value="">All categories</option>
{exp:channel:categories channel="bibliographies" style="linear" show_empty="no"}
<option value="{category_id}"{if category_id IN ({low_search_category})} selected="selected"{/if}>
{if '{parent_id}' != '0'}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{/if}{category_name}
</option>
{/exp:channel:categories}
</select>

<input type="text" name="keywords" id="keywords" value="{low_search_keywords}"/>
<input type="submit" class="submit" value="Search">
</fieldset>
{/exp:low_search:form}


3. Low 2 Dec 2011 22:39

   Oh right, you might want to add the query="" parameter to the {exp:low_search:form} tag, so it knows what's been submitted.