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Separate search result by collection

TheJae 21 May 2012 09:03 question, complete

Hi Low,

I just purchased Low Search and i'd like to know if we're able to separate results by collection, for e.g, i have these collection Sport Shoe, High heels, Ballet shoe and Leather shoe. And I want the results to be displayed as follow when the user search for 'red colour'.

Sport Shoes (2 results)
-----------------------------------
1. Result item 1
1. Result item 2

High heels (1 result)
-----------------------------------
1. Result item 1

Ballet Shoes ( 4 results)
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1. etc...
etc...

Replies

1. Low 21 May 2012 09:08

   Currently, that's only possible if you add a low_search:results tag for each collection. However, that could cause some performance issues, 'cause each query will be executed for each tag.
   
   But let me ask this first: how are you handling pagination with a setup like this? Or are you not paginating search results?

2. TheJae 21 May 2012 09:11

   I am not paginating.
   
   It's just a design thing, if it's not really recommended then i'll just output a list. I was hoping I could wrap the results as follow:
   
   {low_search_collection_sportshoes}
   {entryid} - {title} ({entry_date})
   {/low_search_collection_sportshoes}

3. Low 21 May 2012 09:19

   I'm afraid that's not possible at the moment. But you could get the desired output by using PHP on Output in your template. Something like this:
   
   

   <?php 
   
    $results = array(); 
   
    {exp:low_search:results query="{segment_3}"} 
      $results["{low_search_collection_label}"][] = <<<EOE 
        <li>{entry_id} - {title} ({entry_date})</li> 
    EOE; 
    {/exp:low_search:results} 
   
    ?> 
   
    <!-- More template code --> 
   
    <?php foreach ($results AS $collection => $rows): ?> 
      <h3><?=$collection?> (<?=count($rows)?> results)</h3> 
      <ul><?=implode("\n", $rows)?></ul> 
    <?php endforeach; ?>