How to insert search form into header_posline next to phone number?

Hi Guenni007, I’ve provided the url in private content now. I’m going to try method 1 again , like yous aid thats the simpliest, surely I can’t be stuffing up inserting some code into child functions.php and then adding [search] to an input box.

I’m not sure why the fix for phpshortcode is there. I have inherited this site to fix / make modifications for a client after their developer vanished.

So I keep finding wierd items, I still can’t get these search items to show, there must be some additional custom css or other code thats conflicting with it. I’ll keep trying, thank you fro yoru help so far, very much appreciated.

Almost wondering if I just try shift the search form with css up into the navbar section if I can’t get one of these modifications working.

Ok, I just got your first method working, the problem was a custom ‘helper-main-menu.php’ in the child theme /include directory.

I updated that with the latest version from the parent theme and then attempted your first method with the [search] in the phone field and sure enough the search icon was displayed and when clicked will popup a little search form. I agree this is not a clean method.

I then happy that worked, went to try your second method and unfortunately nothing showed up in that search spot, will see if I can spot any reason why thats not working.

Here is something interesting, I think I can work with just the search symbol there possibly (depending on the client request)
However I tried to put a space between the search icon and the phone icon.

Then another search icon appeared in the header, you can see it in this screenshot , its small and orange, it behaves exactly the same as well, but seems to have been hidden.

code used

add_filter( 'avf_execute_avia_meta_header', '__return_true', 10, 1);
add_filter( 'avia_meta_header', 'avia_append_search_nav_mod');
function avia_append_search_nav_mod(){
          global $avia_config;
          ob_start();
          get_search_form();
          $form = htmlspecialchars(ob_get_clean());

          $items .= '<li id="menu-item-search" class="noMobile menu-item menu-item-search-dropdown menu-item-avia-special">
                        <a href="?s=" data-avia-search-tooltip="'.$form.'" '.av_icon_string('search').'>
                        <span class="avia_hidden_link_text">'.__('Search','avia_framework').'</span>
                        </li>&nbsp;&nbsp;';
        echo $items;
}

function custom_shift(){
?>
<script>
(function($){
        $('#header_meta #menu-item-search').prependTo('#avia2-menu');
})(jQuery);
</script>
<?php
}
add_action('wp_footer', 'custom_shift');

Any idea where that other search icon came from? should we be using that one somehow?

Doesn’t seem like anything changes if I modify that header_meta line.

I’m going to go try style that small one now per your instructions, I must say thank you so much for your assistance with this, has been remarkable.
As for 4.4.1 I swear we only upgraded to that like last month or maybe 1-2months ago!! :(

Oddly, if I comment out your code (even after leaving in the modified css for the other search icon) both search icons now disappear.

yeah, thats using your ‘method #2’

and the second search icon is displayed only when I insert
   in your $items variable block

Here is the current functions.php

<?php

/*
* Add your own functions here. You can also copy some of the theme functions into this file.
* WordPress will use those functions instead of the original functions then.
*/

add_action( 'ava_main_header', 'enfold_customization_header_widget_area' );
function enfold_customization_header_widget_area() {
  dynamic_sidebar( 'header' );
}

add_filter("kriesi_backlink","new_link");
function new_link(){
$kriesi_at_backlink = "";
return $kriesi_at_backlink;
}

add_filter( 'avf_execute_avia_meta_header', '__return_true', 10, 1);
add_filter( 'avia_meta_header', 'avia_append_search_nav_mod');
function avia_append_search_nav_mod(){
          global $avia_config;
          ob_start();
          get_search_form();
          $form = htmlspecialchars(ob_get_clean());

          $items .= '<li id="menu-item-search" class="noMobile menu-item menu-item-search-dropdown menu-item-avia-special">
                        <a href="?s=" data-avia-search-tooltip="'.$form.'" '.av_icon_string('search').'>
                        <span class="avia_hidden_link_text">'.__('Search','avia_framework').'</span>
                        </li>&nbsp;&nbsp;';
        echo $items;
}

function custom_shift(){
?>
<script>
(function($){
//      $('#header_meta #menu-item-search').prependTo('#avia2-menu');
        $('#header_meta #menu-item-search').prependTo('#header_meta .sub_menu');
})(jQuery);
</script>
<?php
}
add_action('wp_footer', 'custom_shift');

/* Create shortcode for parent page. */
function list_parent_page() {
  global $post;
  $parent_id = $post->post_parent;
  $parent = $post->post_parent;
  $parent_title = get_the_title($parent);
  $link = get_permalink($parent_id);
  $parent_title = "<a href='$link' title='$parent_title'>$parent_title</a>";
 if($parent) {
        return $parent_title;
  }
}
function list_current_page() {
  get_the_title();
}
add_shortcode('parentpage','list_parent_page');
add_filter( 'widget_title', 'do_shortcode' );

// fix for PHP shortcode
function do_php_shortcode_fix($content) {
    global $shortcode_tags;
    // save current shortcodes
    $old_shortcode_tags = $shortcode_tags;
    // remove all shortcodes, then re-add just our php and echo shortcodes
    remove_all_shortcodes();
    add_shortcode('php', $old_shortcode_tags['php']);
    add_shortcode('echo', $old_shortcode_tags['echo']);
    $content = do_shortcode($content);
    // and now put back the original shortcodes
    $shortcode_tags = $old_shortcode_tags;
    return $content;
}
function fix_php_shortcode_init() {
    global $shortcode_tags;
    if (isset($shortcode_tags['php'])) {
        // Move do_shortcode back to default of priority 11
        if(remove_filter('the_content','do_shortcode', 9))
            add_filter('the_content','do_shortcode', 11);

        // filter the content to deal with just the php and echo shortcodes
        // early on as priority 8 (before any WP formatting)
        add_filter('the_content', 'do_php_shortcode_fix', 8);
    }
}

// add fix for PHP shortcode, with priority 12 so it
// comes after the PHP shortcode has been initialised
add_action('init','fix_php_shortcode_init', 12);