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1. mcl
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I want to use my search page for categories and tags when users select either.

   The only mod I need to do to the search.php is to know whether it was the result of a search, a tag or a category and I will have some code saying

   You searched for : xxxx
   or
   Your matches for tag: zzzz
   or
   Your matches for category : yyyyy

   How do I get category.php and tag.php to call search.php and how do I pass a variable that search.php will be able to identify ?

   Any pointers or solutions will be much appreciated.

2. mcl
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Eventually worked it out. There maybe a better solution.

   In search.php, tag.php and category.php

   have <?php get_header(); ?>
   print out comments about search or tag or category
   then include a separate file with the result formatting and the sidebar and footer calls

   The reason for this is to allow any changes in the results layout, to be made in one place only (I only list titles and metadata)

3. mcl
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Forgot to code the important line

   <?php include( TEMPLATEPATH . '/header2.php' ); ?>

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