Getting words from search page's url into the title tag

Discussion in 'PHP' started by chops, Apr 23, 2008.

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  1. #1
    I have a site which is made from php, based on open Realty.
    I wish to get keywords from the search results page's URL and inject them into the page Title and heading H1.
    eg
    The page is
    mysite.com/index.php?searchtext=sea+view&action=searchresults
    (The URL is rewriteruled to ....com/sea_view.html)

    The Title of the page must become 'sea view'.
    Can anyone help?
     
    chops, Apr 23, 2008 IP
  2. ToddMicheau

    ToddMicheau Active Member

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    mysite.com/index.php Source:

    
<?
//Other code//

if(!empty($_GET['searchtext'])){
	$title = trim(htmlspecialchars($_GET['searchtext']));
}

//Other code//
?>
//---
<head>
<title><? echo "Search results for: " . $title; ?></title>
</head>
//---
    PHP:
    Remember to include doctype and other meta data.
     
    ToddMicheau, Apr 23, 2008 IP
  3. chops

    chops Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for that. i'm not much of a programmer. Will this work when the dynamic search result page is produced simply by another site page linking to it? eg with a link from the same site: mysite.com/sea-view.html which is then changed by the rewrite-rule?
     
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  4. ToddMicheau

    ToddMicheau Active Member

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    Whoa, you lost me there lol. But I think to answer your question; no- the code I gave you is based off GET values, meaning the ?searchtext= part. If you wanted their search text to pass onto other pages I would suggest setting a cookie that contains the text, then if the cookie exists set the title to that.
     
    ToddMicheau, Apr 23, 2008 IP