Separate search results by category

  • I’m trying to get separate my search results by specific categories. So for instance if I were to type “search item”. I would receive a results page like the following.

    5 results for “search item”

    Videos (2)
    – Result 1
    – Result 2

    Images (3)
    – Result 1
    – Result 2

    I’m using the following code to attempt to achieve this

    <h1>Search: <?php echo $wp_query->found_posts; ?> results for "<?php echo wp_specialchars($s); ?>"</h1>

<?php query_posts($query_string.'&cat='.$theme_motionstok_cat); if (have_posts()) : ?>
	<?php include('search-content.php'); ?>
<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

<div class="clear"></div>

<?php query_posts($query_string.'&cat='.$theme_photostok_cat); if (have_posts()) : ?>
	<?php include('search-content.php'); ?>
<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

<div class="clear"></div>

    The problem is the category variable in query_posts seems to be ignored and every loop returns the same search results. Any help would be appreciated.

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  • Sorry, my “solution” is not right

    Now the correct version of search.php
    I have two categories to display in Search Results

    <?php
get_header(); ?>
<div class="content">
			<?php
				$s = get_search_query();
			?>
	<div class="search">
		<div class="categoryThumbs">
		<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
			<h3><?php printf( __( 'Search Results for: %s'), '<span>' . get_search_query() . '</span>' ); ?></h3>
		<?php endif;?>
			<?php query_posts("s='$s'&category_name=blog"); ?>
				<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
					<?php $blogResults=0; ?>
				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<?php
						$blogResults++;
					?>
				<?php endwhile; ?>
					<h4><?php echo $blogResults; ?> Results in BLOG</h4>
					<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<div class="films">
						<div class="thumb">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
						</div>
						<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
						<div class="entry">
							<?php the_excerpt() ?>
						</div>
					</div>
					<?php endwhile; ?>
				<?php endif;?>
				<?php query_posts("s='$s'&category_name=films"); ?>
				<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
					<?php $blogResults=0; ?>
				<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<?php
						$blogResults++;
					?>
				<?php endwhile; ?>
					<h4><?php echo $blogResults; ?> Results in Films</h4>
					<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
					<div class="films">
						<div class="thumb">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
						</div>
						<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
						<div class="entry">
							<?php the_excerpt() ?>
						</div>
					</div>
					<?php endwhile; ?>
				<?php endif;?>
		<div class="spacer"></div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

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