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1. kizora
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Hi,
   After doing an automatic upgrade from WP 3.0.2 to 3.1.3 the search function isn’t working properly. I disabled plugins etc.

   http://thebeautifulhousecompany.com/search/ displays with an example search string of “Swimming Pool” (with quotes). With WP 3.0.2, this displayed all 8 properties with swimming pools. With WP 3.1.3, no properties are returned. I use quotes for exact matching otherwise properties with pool tables are returned. One word searches are fine. The problem only occurs when using double quotes.

   If I go into the wp dashboard and click on posts, then enter "Swimming Pool" (with the quotes") in the 'search posts box' top right of the screen. I get the correct results back – the 8 properties with swimming pools.

   The URL address after the dashboard search is:-
   http://thebeautifulhousecompany.com/wp-admin/edit.php?s=%22swimming+pool%22&post_status=all&post_type=post&action=-1&m=0&cat=0&paged=1&mode=list&action2=-1

   When I do the search via the search page, the URL address is:-
   http://thebeautifulhousecompany.com/?s=%22Swimming+Pool%22&et-cat=0&et_searchform_submit=et_search_proccess

   I was hoping to be able to see the SQL passed via the dashboard/search page by switching general logging on but JUSTHOST (who host the website) are unable to set logging on as it’s a shared MySQL server.

   I have a version of the website on my desktop running under xampp/apache/MySQL. When I updated that from 3.0.2 to 3.1.3, the search works fine.

   My initial thought was that as the dashboard search works ok, the problem must be somewhere around the search.php / page-search.php /searchform.php area, but then why does it work on localhost?

   I’m not able to upgrade to 3.2 as JUSTHOST use PHP 5.2.14 (5.2.4 required).

   Thanks
   Chris

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Have you tried:

   - deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

   - switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

   - resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

3. kizora
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Hi Esmi,

   I've deactivated the plugins. Can't switch to twenty ten as that doesn't have the search.

   Thanks
   Chris

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Use Twenty Eleven and add a search widget.

5. kizora
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Ok, I've tried it out on my Localhost version. Added the search widget and the search with quotes still works.

   I'll try and get up really early tomorrow and try it out on the live website when it's hopefully quiet !

   Thanks
   Chris

6. kizora
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Hi,

   Tried Twenty Eleven with the wordpress search widget on my live site and it works.

   I'm confused! So, does this prove the problem is in my search.php / page-search.php /searchform.php (even though they work in my localhost site)?

   Thanks for helping me with this
   Chris

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