Magento Search Within Current Top Level Category
Jun 15, 2009 · 2 minute readCategory: magento
If you fancy having a select box allowing people to search within a top level category on your site directly from the quick search box, check out this little modification. This gives your search a bit of an Amazon feel. This idea could easily be extended if required.
You can drop this file in as a straight replacement to app/design/frontend/###/###/template/catalogsearch/form.mini.phtml
<?php
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* @version Edmonds Commerce Quick Search with Top Level Categories
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$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category');
if(is_object(Mage::registry('current_category'))){
$current_category_path=Mage::registry('current_category')->getPathIds();
}else{
$current_category_path = array();
}
$category->load(Mage::app()->getStore()->getRootCategoryId());
$children_string = $category->getChildren();
$children = explode(',',$children_string);
$extra_options='';
foreach($children as $c){
$selected = (in_array($c, $current_category_path))?'SELECTED':'';
$extra_options.= '<option value="' . $c . '" ' . $selected . '>' . $category->load($c)->getName() . '</option>' . "\n";
}
?>
<form id="search_mini_form" action="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getResultUrl() ?>" method="get">
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo $this->__('Search Site') ?></legend>
<div class="mini-search">
<input id="search" type="text" class="input-text" name="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getQueryParamName() ?>" value="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getEscapedQueryText() ?>" />
<select name="cat" id="cat" class="input-text">
<option value="">All Departments</option>
<?= $extra_options ?>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Go" style="border: 1px solid #808080;" alt="<?php echo $this->__('Search') ?>" />
<div id="search_autocomplete" class="search-autocomplete"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var searchForm = new Varien.searchForm('search_mini_form', 'search', '<?php echo $this->__('search site...') ?>');
searchForm.initAutocomplete('<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getSuggestUrl() ?>', 'search_autocomplete');
//]]>
</script>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>