I am trying to: Use a function to stop search results from loading only on initial page load, not after sending blank queries through the text search.
Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link
I expected to see: The search results do not show on initial page load. However, if a text search is entered, and then "cleared" by deleting the text search input box and submitting a text search of "", the results still don't load. I would like the results to load if an empty string is sent through the text search.
I am AJAXing in results and keeping the search parameters in the URL.
Instead, I got: If an empty string is submitted after initial page load, results do not load. I would like them to.
I am using the following function I found from a separate support ticket:
function tssupp_no_initial_results( $query_results, $view_settings, $view_id ){
$target_views = array( 2832 ); // Edit to add IDs of Views to add this to
if ( in_array( $view_id, $target_views ) ) {
// is there a filter set?
if ( !isset( $query_results->query['meta_query'] ) && !isset( $query_results->query['tax_query'] ) && !isset( $query_results->query['s'] ) && !isset( $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ) ) {
$query_results->posts = array();
$query_results->post_count = 0;
}
}
return $query_results;
}
add_filter( 'wpv_filter_query_post_process', 'tssupp_no_initial_results', 10, 3 );
I added the !isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']), but it didn't work.
Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.
Well - when you say text search will you input "" (Quotes) to search field or just click directly on search button having text search field empty?
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I am still curious to know if there is a way to display all search results when nothing is entered into the search box after initial page load.
However, I ended up simply writing a javascript function that simply reloads the home page if the search box is empty -- effectively "resetting" the search. This doesn't quite achieve what I initially wanted, but it provides a user-friendly workaround.
If you have a solution, let me know - I'd probably implement it instead of the JS solution I have in place now.
