Displaying Search Results¶

backspace=¶

backspace="7"

Backspacing removes characters (including spaces and line breaks) from the last iteration of the loop. For example, if you put a <br /> tag after each result field you’ll have this:

Entry 1<br />
Entry 2<br />
Entry 3<br />

You might, however, not want the <br /> tag after the final item. Simply count the number of characters (including spaces and line breaks) you want to remove and add the backspace parameter to the tag. The <br /> tag has 6 characters plus a new line character, so you would do this:

{exp:search:search_results backspace="7"}
        {title}<br />
{/exp:search:search_results}

That will produce code like this:

Entry 1<br />
Entry 2<br />
Entry 3

auto_path¶

{auto_path}

This parameter is replaced with the URL to the entry with the URL Title appended to the end. Unlike other “path” variables, this variable does not require the Template_Group/Template to be specified. Instead, the path will automatically be determined by the Search Results URL setting for the channel in Channel Management.

excerpt¶

{excerpt}

An excerpt from the entry. The excerpt consists of the first 50 words from the field specified for search excerpting in your Channel Management settings for your channels. HTML markup is stripped prior to output.

full_text¶

{full_text}

The text from the entry. Unlike the {excerpt} variable, this one returns the entire text from the field specified for search excerpting in your Channel Management settings for your channels.

id_auto_path¶

{id_auto_path}

This parameter is replaced with the URL to the entry with the Entry ID appended to the end. Unlike other “path” variables, this variable does not require the Template_Group/Template to be specified. Instead, the path will automatically be determined by the Channel URL setting for the channel in Channel Management </cp/admin/channels/channel_management>.

member_path¶

{member_path='member/index'}

The Template_Group/Template with which to display the member profile of the author of the entry. Typically, this variable will be specified as {member_path=’member/index’}.