Smarty Template Syntax Reference 

 Search Form:

Special Variables for Search Form:

 $formHead- Top of query form

 $search - query value from last query cycle

$formEnd - Bottom of query form 

Form Variables: 

search - query value for search

 count - number of results per page 

Sample form:

<div class="componentheading"> Enterprise Search </div> 
{$formHead}
Query action: <input name=search size=40 value="{$search}"><select name=count><option>10
<option>25
<option>50
</select><input type=submit value="Search">
{$formEnd}
<p>

Query Results: 

The Query results template has two sections:

Header and single result - the single result part is duplicated by being contained in a Smarty foreach loop. 

Special Variables for Search Form:

Header Variables: 

$pageUrl  - link to fetch  a different search results page

"{$pageUrl}0" - First page

"{$pageUrl}{$previousPage}" - Previous page

"{$pageUrl}{$nextPage}" - Next page

$stats - Stats array (keyed) - see example of how to display and varies between search services

Repeating Section Variables: 

 $results - keyed array containing results of a query

 Each entries is structured, with the structure being search service specific.

Some fields are:

$entry.TITLE - Results entry Title

 $entry.URL - URL to fetch result entry

$entry.CACHEDPAGE - URL to cached page (optional) 

$enry.snippet - text clause found for entry 

$entry.UPDATED - date of entry 

Sample Results Template:

 <table><tr><td width=60><a href="{$pageUrl}0">First</a><td width=60><a href="{$pageUrl}{$previousPage}">Previous</a><td width=60><a href="{$pageUrl}{$nextPage}">Next</a></tr></table>
Stats:
{foreach from=$stats key=k item=v}
   {$k} = {$v}<br>
{/foreach}
<hr><table border=1 cellspacing=2>
{foreach from=$results key=k item=anItem}
   <tr><td rowspan=2 bgcolor="{cycle values="#ffffff,#ffccff"}">{$k+$page+1}
       <td bgcolor="#99ffff"><a href="{$anItem.URL}" target=_blank>{$anItem.TITLE}</a>
 ........    
[<a href="{$anItem.CACHEDPAGE}" target=_blank>Cached page</a>]
.... {$anItem.UPDATED}
<tr><td>
   {$anItem.snippet}<br><!--
   <hr>
   {foreach from=$anItem key=k item=v}
      {$k} = {$v}<br>
   {/foreach}
-->
{/foreach}
</table><hr><table><tr><td width=60><a href="{$pageUrl}0">First</a><td width=60><a href="{$pageUrl}{$previousPage}">Previous</a><td width=60><a href="{$pageUrl}{$nextPage}">Next</a></tr></table>