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1. CrimsonMoon
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #
   

   Hi!

   I created a member directory page that displays members of the site who have one of two specific roles. I want to create a search bar where users can search through that list for members by name.

   Here is my search form code:

   <form  method="post" action="?go"  id="searchform">
   	      <input  type="text" name="name">
   	      <input  type="submit" name="submit" value="Search">
   	    </form>

   Here is the search code I have so far:

   <?php
     if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
     if(isset($_GET['go'])){
     if(preg_match("/^[  a-zA-Z]+/", $_POST['name'])){
     $name=$_POST['name'];
     //-query  the database table
     $results = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT <code>user_id</code> FROM  <code>wp_usermeta</code> WHERE  <code>meta_value</code> LIKE '%" . $name .  "%'" );
     //-create  while loop and loop through result set
     foreach($results as $result){
     //-display the result of the array
     echo $result->user_id;
     }
     }
     else{
     echo  "<p>Please enter a search query</p>";
     }
     }
     }
   ?>

   I've tried a bunch of variations on this, but so far, all of my searches just go to the default "This is somewhat embarrassing, isn’t it?" page.

   How do I achieve a working search bar?

2. CrimsonMoon
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #
   

   Figured it out! I had to change the action to the page so that the results displayed on the same page and not on the default WordPress search.php. Then I used PHP to do an if statement on the set of users that I already generated.

   <form  method="post" action="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"  id="searchform">
               <input type="text" id="search" name="search" value="" />
               <input type="submit" value="Search" id="searchsubmit" />
   	    </form>

   <?php if( isset( $_REQUEST['search'] ) ) {
     $name = $_POST['search'];
     foreach ($allusers as $auser) {
     if (stristr($auser['first'], $name) || stristr($auser['last'], $name)) { ?>

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