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I am trying to figure out how to create a drop down to use as a filter with the search form. I would like the options to be the different post types. I've seen on other sites that - 

<select name="posttype">
        <option name="product" value="product" style="color: #000;">Legal Documents</option>
        <option name="videos" value="videos">Legal Advice - Videos</option>
<option value="link">Legal Advice - Links</option>
<option value="text">Legal Advice - Articles</option>
         <option value="post_type_c">An Attorney</option>
    </select>

What do I have to change or add to the search results page so that then correct post types are shown and filtere?

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Have you searched the site? There're plenty of questions for filtering the search results and extending the search form. Reminder: Please don't add random tags until you can't add more. Each tag has a description or at least an amount of questions that show you what this is about. – kaiser Dec 20 '12 at 7:49
I have tried searching the site and other sources and have not been able to find a solution. Do you know of a solution or reference link?????????? – mygm26 Dec 20 '12 at 8:10
Please see wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/…, then update your question with your research efforts. – toscho♦ Dec 20 '12 at 11:19
What do you mean? The code I have thus far is from the research I have done, that's what brought me this close to figuring it out. However it does not seem to work for me at all so that's why I am asking. – mygm26 Dec 20 '12 at 18:52

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use for search this form with custom post type list 

<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>">
        <input type="text" name="s" id="s" value="Enter keywords ..." onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value=this.defaultValue;"/><br />
    <?php $types = get_post_types(); ?>

        <select name="posttype">
    <?php foreach ( $types as $type ) {?>
          <option name="<?php echo $type->singular_label ; ?>"
     value="<?php echo $type->singular_label ; ?>"><?php echo $type->singular_label ; ?></option>
    <?php }?>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search Help" />
</form>
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Hi bhavik, thanks your reply however this does not work, it creates a empty drop down. Also with this code how would I then be able to change the label/text for each post type in the drop down? – mygm26 Dec 21 '12 at 10:28
<?php foreach ( $types as $type ) {?> <option name="<?php echo $type->singular_label ; ?>" value="<?php echo $type->singular_label ; ?>"> please change your label here </option> <?php }?> – user205215 Dec 21 '12 at 10:38
The original suggested code did not work for me but wouldn't the new suggestion make the label the same for all post types? – mygm26 Dec 21 '12 at 10:43
wait let me give you example. – user205215 Dec 21 '12 at 10:46
sorry i was wrong please use it <option name="<?php echo $type; ?>" value="<?php echo $type; ?>"><?php echo $type ;?></option> – user205215 Dec 21 '12 at 11:20
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