Results from Search Box and Search Results Page are different

Hi,

The “Search Box” or the Ajax search relies on the get_posts function while the search results page is based on a direct database query.

($wpdb->posts.post_title LIKE '{$n}{$term}{$n}') OR ($wpdb->posts.post_content LIKE '{$n}{$term}{$n}')

// https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Search_Parameter
// https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/115945/how-does-wordpress-search-work-behind-the-scenes

I’m not really sure how it affects the search in general but you can use the “avf_ajax_search_query” filter to influence the ajax search results.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Please inform your clients that the search are queried differently, that’s why the results are different. Yes, it seems that the ajax search is searching for the keyword inside the posts content while the search results fetch posts based on the title. For example, you can’t find the “helle” keyword in the title of the first item (Reiff-Übernahme: Ein neuer Stern am europäischen Reifenhimme) in the ajax results. The keyword “helle” is inside the post content. The filter may not help at all if this is actually the case.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Aren’t both (different) results based on the theme Enfold?

Again, the main search result is base on the default WP search query while the search box is using the get_posts function (functions-enfold.php > avia_ajax_search). You can try the following filter but I’m not sure if it’s going to help.

add_filter('posts_search', 'avf_posts_search_mod', 9999, 2);
function avf_posts_search_mod($search, $query) {
	global $wpdb;
	$like_op = 'LIKE';
	$andor_op = 'AND';
	$search = $wpdb->prepare( "(({$wpdb->posts}.post_excerpt $like_op %s) $andor_op ({$wpdb->posts}.post_content $like_op %s))", $_GET["s"], $_GET["s"] );
	$search = " AND ({$search}) ";
	return $search;
}

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Unfortunately it is not working. Getting a 404 error opening the website.

Did you copy the code from your email? Please copy it directly from this forum. It’s not creating any errors on my installation.

@Guenni007: Disable the ajax form with this filter.

add_filter('avf_ajax_form_class', 'avf_ajax_form_class_mod', 50, 3);
function avf_ajax_form_class_mod($class, $formID, $form_params) {
	$class = 'avia-disable-default-ajax';
	return $class;
}

Best regards,
Ismael