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If you get a chance come byhttp://www.sermonindex.net/search.php and test a query for that page :)

do you run XOOPS v2 or v1.3.x?

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Hey Chad, wow this is progress thanks.. hmm it must be possible in XOOPS 1.3.x anyone have any ideas?

yea I am trying to get this to work with the search.php page so that I can have an entire url to query that page.

here is the other forum I have running with alot of good stuff and thoughts about this subject:
https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=15108&forum=3

I am using XOOPS 1.3.x check the last post of the thread above I think he kinda figured it out for XOOPS version 2

I thought this conversation might help out more..
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sermonindex: hey!!
martyjjf1990: hello!
sermonindex: have a quick question...
martyjjf1990: shoot
sermonindex: I have this toolbar software that makes an ie toolbar for a website.. it has a search box that I can customize with a search query code like:http://www.google.com/search?q=[SEARCH]
sermonindex: if you cut and paste it all in the broswer address bar it will query the search at google
sermonindex: now the question is how do I make something similar query thehttp://www.sermonindex.net/search.php
sermonindex: I tryed alot of things.. I have not to much of an idea with php
martyjjf1990: Are you referring to a google search like this?http://www.web-ministry.com/home/ You have to scroll down to see it.
sermonindex: no I want to query this search page:http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php
sermonindex: how would I write it out so if I cut and pasted it in the address bar window it would work?
sermonindex: did you kinda get what I mean?
martyjjf1990: form action="post"
martyjjf1990: next
sermonindex: how would I type that in the url?
martyjjf1990:http://www.freejesus.net/arabic_bible/quran.php?name=Quran&file=index&action=search
martyjjf1990: The ? after the url is the start
martyjjf1990: would have to add &search=jesus for example
martyjjf1990: &search=$searchword
martyjjf1990: &search=" . $searchword;
martyjjf1990: form action="post" ACTION="$destination_url?search=' . $searchword' "
martyjjf1990: something like that
martyjjf1990: $destination_url = "http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php";
sermonindex: I want to be able to just put the link in the address bar and have it query the search.php
sermonindex:http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php?&action=search
sermonindex: but that doesnt do it
sermonindex: it loads just blank
sermonindex:http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php/search?q=[SEARCH]
sermonindex: same with that one
sermonindex: I have tryed so many possibilities
sermonindex: sermonindex: do you know about querys?
sermonindex:http://www.google.com/search?q=[SEARCH]

sermonindex: I want to make one forhttp://www.sermonindex.net/search.php
PjL guy: that's about all i know about them
sermonindex: not sure how do it
sermonindex: it always loads blank
PjL guy: A search works
PjL guy: u mean, included in the URL?
sermonindex: yes!!
martyjjf1990: testing here, still doesn't workhttp://www.sermonindex.net/search.php?action=results&query=jesus&submit=Search&andor=AND
sermonindex: yea
sermonindex: lol
sermonindex: there has to be someway brother
martyjjf1990: The coding will have to be hacked
martyjjf1990: The code that validates the input won't accept it unless it comes from within the page itself.
martyjjf1990: The code that validates the input ignores the url line
sermonindex: hmmm
martyjjf1990:http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php?action=results&query=jesus&submit=Search&andor=OR
martyjjf1990:http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php?action=results&query=jesus&submit=Search&andor=AND
sermonindex: not working
martyjjf1990: doesn't change the Type of search
martyjjf1990: &andor=OR or &andor=AND doesn't effect the form
sermonindex: search for something and the url doesnt change
sermonindex: hmm
sermonindex:http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php
martyjjf1990: And if something is on the url it doesn't affect the form
sermonindex: what about the home page
sermonindex:http://www.sermonindex.net
sermonindex: there is a search box there I wonder if that will work?
martyjjf1990: same thing
martyjjf1990: What version of XOOPS are you running?
sermonindex: 1.3.x

In version XOOPS 1.3.x its in the admin- prefrences menu? I always rename the cookie to something unique so it doesnt interfere with other sites, especially XOOPS ones.

wow this is kinda driving me nuts.. I am trying out so many possibilites, can anyone help before a fellow XOOPS user goes insane. lol

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does anyone know the proper parameters so it will pass the data to the search.php page?

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btw- all that does is load the search.php page but its blank and doesn't search the term. hmmm

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Does anyone have ideas on how I could get this to work? I need to basically be able to type a url in the browser window and get it to search the XOOPS site like:

http://www.sermonindex.net/search.php/search?q=anything

any ideas?