Displaying recent searches -- is there a snippet?
dduane - September 8, 2007 - 13:15
I'd love to tuck in a block somewhere showing my users' most recent searches... say, the last five searches or so. Any thoughts on how this might be done? Is there perhaps a snippet already online somewhere?
Thanks!
Uhm, I think it's quite too
Uhm, I think it's quite too complex for a snippet. I think it's better to write a simple module.
It's not too hard. You can do a nice job with few lines. Perhaps you could contribute it to Drupal, later.
First, look for a similar module here: http://drupal.org/project/Modules
I found this: http://drupal.org/project/search_keywords - but I don't think it is what you want.
Haven't you found nothing? Ok, let's start a custom module.
First of all, read the Module developer's guide: http://drupal.org/node/83055
Now, open api.drupal.org and start looking for hooks you can implement in your module. (Drupal works with hooks. When doing most of the things, such as saving or loading a node, performing a search or submitting a form, Drupal calls "hooks". Implementing a hook means writing a function in your module that will be called when that specific action is being performed)
I've found this: http://api.drupal.org/api/function/hook_search/5
Now, all what you have to do is write this down:
<?phpfunction yourmodulesname_search($op, $keys = null) {
if ($op == "search") {
//now, you get the keys from the variable $keys
//and store them wherever you like.
//it can be a custom table
//or you can just do a variable_set()
}
}
?>
and then, create a function named
yourmodulesname_show_keyswhich returns an array of last searched keys, and implements the hookyourmodulesname_blockto create a block to show your keywords.Hope it works for you.
José San Martin
http://www.verinco.com/
Zeitgeist
http://drupal.org/project/zeitgeist might be what you're looking for.
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