query_posts with search

  • paololazatin

    (@paololazatin)


    16 years, 4 months ago

    I’ve been trying to make query_posts work with search but with no luck. Adding it displays all posts in the search results even those without matches. Can somebody point me to the right direction? 

    <?php query_posts('author=1');  ?>
    <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
	        <div class="posttitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"> <?php the_title(); ?></a></div>
			<div class="postbody"><?php the_excerpt(); wp_reset_query();?></div>

	<?php endwhile;

	//Reset Query
	wp_reset_query();?>
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  • Mark / t31os

    (@t31os_)

    16 years, 4 months ago

    By declaring the query_posts line as you’ve done above, you’re losing any queried variables.. in this case you’re losing the $s variable which holds the search text..

    Try the following:

    // Check the query variable is available
if(!$wp_query) global $wp_query; // If not, global it so it can be read from
// Your custom args
$args = array( 'author' => 1 );
// Merge the custom args with any for the query already
$args = array_merge( $args , $wp_query->query );
// Now do the query
query_posts( $args );

    Thread Starter paololazatin

    (@paololazatin)

    16 years, 4 months ago

    Oh, that explains it, now I understand. This is what I ended up using:

    <?php query_posts($query_string . "&author=1");?>
     <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
          <!--post-->

    Many thanks, ma’am/sir! 🙂

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