I built a custom search with the following code:
functions.php
function template_chooser($template)
{
global $wp_query;
$post_type = get_query_var('post_type');
if( $wp_query->is_search && $post_type == 'products' )
{
return locate_template('archive-search.php'); // redirect to archive-search.php
}
return $template;
}
add_filter('template_include', 'template_chooser');
search-archive.php
<?php
/* Template Name: Custom Search */
get_header(); ?>
<div class="contentarea">
<div id="content" class="content_right">
<h3>Search Result for : <?php echo "$s"; ?> </h3>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="posts">
<article>
<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><h4>
<p><?php the_exerpt(); ?></p>
<p align="right"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read More</a></p>
<span class="post-meta"> Post By <?php the_author(); ?>
| Date : <?php echo date('j F Y'); ?></span>
</article><!-- #post -->
</div>
</div><!-- content -->
</div><!-- contentarea -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
search form
<div>
<h3>Search Products</h3>
<form role="search" action="<?php echo site_url('/'); ?>" method="get" id="searchform">
<input type="text" name="s" placeholder="Search Products"/>
<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="products" />
<input type="submit" alt="Search" value="Search" />
</form>
</div>
The problem is with that is when I submit an empty search form it shows all posts, but not with the search-archive template. How can I fix that?