Custom search results layout

Hi,

I want to easily change the layout of the search results page, without making a lot of code changes or new files etc.

The search page is

if($format == '')
get_template_part( 'includes/post-formats/standard' );

Therefore I am editing the standard post page.

I want to remove the p tag from excerpt IF it is on search page and then echo the excerpt for my permalink to show correctly underneath, but I can’t get it working properly.

The code on standard is:

<div class="excerpt">

<?php 

$content = get_the_content();
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt();

if (has_excerpt() && (!is_search)) {

	the_excerpt();

	else (is_search()) {

  	$myExcerpt = get_the_excerpt();
  	$tags = array("<p>", "</p>");
  	$myExcerpt = str_replace($tags, "", $myExcerpt);
  	echo $myExcerpt;

	}

} else {

	if(!is_search()) {

	echo my_string_limit_words($content,135);

	} else {

	echo my_string_limit_words($excerpt,135);

	}

}

if(is_search()) {
echo '<p><span class="search-permalink">'; the_permalink(); echo'</span></p>';
}

?>
</div>

I hope you can help me out 🙂

Cheers,
Kenn Nielsen