jqAjaxSearch - how does it work?

Yii 1.1 Extensions
1

Hi,

I recently started using the Yii framework and so far everything went well but now I tried to use the jqAjaxSearch extension and it won’t work for me.

What i want it to do:

  • Search my Database for Articles with titles, containing keywords, which were entered in the search bar

What i did so far:

  • The widget is implemented so that I see the search bar

  • it already calls my search function in my Controller

  • it updates my search_results div tag in the view, displaying things specified in the controller

My Problem:

  • I absolutely have no Idea where the entered input text (the search keywords) are stored

eg: User wants to search Articles containing the String "Health"

Now where i get the entered string?

my Code looks like this:

The Controller:




// here i want to implement the search functionality

public function actionSearch() {


            // here is the problem:

            // I want to know what has been entered in the search bar here


            echo "This is correctly displayed in the search_results div-tag";

           

            // will be used later for displaying the search results page and is working too

            //$this->renderPartial('search'); 

        }

The View (where my search bar is located):




<?php

$this->widget('application.extensions.jqAjaxSearch.AjaxSearch',

        array('action'=>array('search'), 'target'=>'search_results', 'minChar'=>2));

?>


<div id="search_results">

    

</div>

I really hope someone can help me. As I said before I just started over with Yii and I am not really familiar with the very basics like using widgets and accessing their content like the above described string.

I’m glad for any Tips & sorry for the noob question but maybe it will help other beginners too ^^

greez

nohero

2

Hi again :)

Problem solved ^^ I just got too far away from normal php while using the Yii framework :D

Solution:

I was all the time able to access the input values with the $_POST array -.-

sorry for the noob post! :)




    public function actionSearch() {

        

        echo $_POST["search_term"];

    }