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Is there any way I can get the search results to a variable in search.php file? Now I have the following code in my search.php file.

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    <h3 class="pagetitle"><?php _e( 'Search Results', 'buddypress' ) ?></h3>
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        ......

I know the while loop uses some variable that contains the search results. Now I want to use this variable before the loop. I need this variable to do some processing before displaying the results.

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<?php $search_query = get_search_query(); ?>

I think you're searching for this function: get_search_query()

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  • get_search_query returns the search criteria, not the results. I am looking to retrieve search results in my search.jsp.
    – Albin Joseph
    Commented Jan 21, 2012 at 14:38
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    global $posts; print_r($posts); You mean this?
    – Rob Vermeer
    Commented Jan 21, 2012 at 14:41
  • That seems to be close. But it has only 10 records in it. What if I need to get all the search results?
    – Albin Joseph
    Commented Jan 21, 2012 at 14:56
  • Don't no for sure, but you can try: global $wp_query; print_r($wp_query);
    – Rob Vermeer
    Commented Jan 21, 2012 at 15:04
  • Hmm I think that's not it, you can get all the results by making a custom query with your search var and posts_per_page at -1 (infinite).
    – Rob Vermeer
    Commented Jan 21, 2012 at 15:08

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