Cleanse search query for display on Search Results page

afaik search query is posted in $_GET[‘s’] array. so in place whare you want to put search query use:

<?php
echo $_GET['s']; ?>

or if it is still with ‘+’, do this:

<?php
echo str_replace('+', ' ', $_GET['s']); ?>

That’s actually not displaying anything now.

Here’s what I’ve been using, although I’m not opposed to only using it for the search count functionality.
<?php /* Search Count */ $allsearch = &new WP_Query("s=$s&showposts=-1"); $key = wp_specialchars($s, 1); $count = $allsearch->post_count; _e(''); _e('<span class="search-terms">'); echo $key; _e('</span>'); _e(' &mdash; '); echo $count . ' '; _e('products'); wp_reset_query(); ?>

Still need way to remove the “+” sign though.

change GET to POST

I don’t know, maybe my theme has a conflicting function or override of some sort. I tried both versions using the POST and I’m still showing nothing when I use that function.

The official documentation says to use this to show the query:

<?php the_search_query(); ?>

I’m now using this in the breadcrumb menu & using the previous script for the 2nd occurrence and the search count.

Still can’t get rid of the “+” though on either.

first off all: why i dont see your answers here but i got them in my mail box?

change:

the_search_query();

into:

function callback($buffer) {
return (str_replace(‘+’, ‘ ‘, $buffer));
}
ob_start(“callback”);
the_search_query();
ob_end_flush();

I honestly don’t know why you can’t see them. When I tried to post a reply yesterday it told me the post was closed… Weird stuff going on.

(some test)

I can see this here, but all I got in the email was a “.”

Some posts may have been temporarily caught in Akismet’s spam bin.

@esmi, now i see everything ??

@chowell18, you see dot in email beacause i posted dot and after this i edited post to put (some test) ??

btw. does it work?

This question is still unresolved btw…. Anyone have a solution?