advanced search product link error

[verbalkent]

Hi again all,

 

I have been testing my advanced search, and found that when the results come back, and i click the products link, the url to the catalog page has extra tags in it,

for example, when i do a advanced search for say.. DVD, i get all links to products with dvd in the title or description, but the link produced for the product info page is as follows "www.site.yada.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/products_id/125"

 

when it should be "www.site.yada.com/product_info.php/products_id/125"

 

it is adding an extra "manufacturers_id" string to the link, and it causes a "Product not found" page...

 

 

is there any way I can fix this? you can test the advanced search your self at Advanced search

 

 

thx

[verbalkent]

I have been looking thru the code and was wondering why it is looking for a manufacturer_id, I dont know, will I have to comment out the adv search all together? (BTW I have SEO mods added to my site, in case this may be the problem)

[verbalkent]

If anyone else has had this problem and found a fix, please inform me..

 

 

thx

[Jpsy]

@verbalkent:

 

This is a bug in the advanced search system of osC which only occasionally shows up, as it seems to be also dependent on some system parameter (PHP version, Apache version, Linux/Win OS). On some systems the doubble slashes in the generated links dont harm, on others these links only get you to the "Product not found"-page.

 

To cure the bug go to advanced_search_result.php , search for the block

 ...
} else {
   $dfrom = '';
   $dto = '';
   $pfrom = '';
   $pto = '';
   $keywords = '';
...

 

and insert the following lines behind it:

    if ((isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) && ($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id']=='')){
     unset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id']);
   }

 

Maybe you could post your PHP version, Apache version and OS because I am interested to isolate the cause of this problem.

It does not appear on PHP4.3.8/Apache1.3.x/Linux but it definitely shows up on PHP 4.3.10/Apache2.x/Windows.