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it use default wp get_search_form(), search google or wp codex for wp search_form filter.

Thanks Ritchie.

I’ve added a searchform.php to my childtheme with the following code but can’t seem to get it to work in conjunction with the code in functions.php

Any ideas?

`<?php
/**
* default search form
*/
?>
<form role=”search” method=”get” class=”search-form” action=”<?php echo home_url( ‘/’ ); ?>”>
<label>
<span class=”screen-reader-text”><?php echo _x( ‘Search for:’, ‘label’ ) ?></span>
<input type=”search” class=”search-field” placeholder=”<?php echo esc_attr_x( ‘Search for people or places…’, ‘placeholder’ ) ?>” value=”<?php echo get_search_query() ?>” name=”s” title=”<?php echo esc_attr_x( ‘Search for:’, ‘label’ ) ?>” />
</label>
<input type=”submit” class=”search-submit” value=”<?php echo esc_attr_x( ‘Search’, ‘submit button’ ) ?>” />
</form>

should be like this

function wpdocs_my_search_form( $form ) {
    $form = '<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" class="searchform" action="' . home_url( '/' ) . '" >
    <div><label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">' . __( 'Search for:' ) . '</label>
    <input type="text" value="' . get_search_query() . '" name="s" id="s" />
    <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="'. esc_attr__( 'Search' ) .'" />
    </div>
    </form>';

    return $form;
}
add_filter( 'get_search_form', 'wpdocs_my_search_form' );