Builds a search form.

Parameters

$action: Form action. Defaults to "search/$path", where $path is the search path associated with the module in its hook_search_info(). This will be run through url().

$keys: The search string entered by the user, containing keywords for the search.

$module: The search module to render the form for: a module that implements hook_search_info(). If not supplied, the default search module is used.

$prompt: Label for the keywords field. Defaults to t('Enter your keywords') if NULL. Supply '' to omit.

Return value

A Form API array for the search form.

Related topics

1 string reference to 'search_form'

search_view in modules/search/search.pages.inc

Menu callback; presents the search form and/or search results.

File

modules/search/search.module, line 958

Code

function search_form($form, &$form_state, $action = '', $keys = '', $module = NULL, $prompt = NULL) {
    $module_info = FALSE;
    if (!$module) {
        $module_info = search_get_default_module_info();
    }
    else {
        $info = search_get_info();
        $module_info = isset($info[$module]) ? $info[$module] : FALSE;
    }
    // Sanity check.
    if (!$module_info) {
        form_set_error(NULL, t('Search is currently disabled.'), 'error');
        return $form;
    }
    if (!$action) {
        $action = 'search/' . $module_info['path'];
    }
    if (!isset($prompt)) {
        $prompt = t('Enter your keywords');
    }
    $form['#action'] = url($action);
    // Record the $action for later use in redirecting.
    $form_state['action'] = $action;
    $form['#attributes']['class'][] = 'search-form';
    $form['module'] = array(
        '#type' => 'value',
        '#value' => $module,
    );
    $form['basic'] = array(
        '#type' => 'container',
        '#attributes' => array(
            'class' => array(
                'container-inline',
            ),
        ),
    );
    $form['basic']['keys'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => $prompt,
        '#default_value' => $keys,
        '#size' => $prompt ? 40 : 20,
        '#maxlength' => 255,
    );
    // processed_keys is used to coordinate keyword passing between other forms
    // that hook into the basic search form.
    $form['basic']['processed_keys'] = array(
        '#type' => 'value',
        '#value' => '',
    );
    $form['basic']['submit'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#value' => t('Search'),
    );
    return $form;
}

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