Question

I want to submit search term ( e.g what does foo means) into form if there is not result

Details:

I have a search function with if else condition where if there is search result than display else message with “No search result found”

Where I wan to change “No search result found” with one form submission where value will be whatever search term user try to find. so…

if search result found {
 //display result
} else {
  // auto submit below form if above condition is not true ( means if no search result found )

    <form action="to url" method="post">
    <input name="title" type="text" />
    </form>
}

Above is the form which I use to submit form.

EDIT:

Here is the actual code

.......

if (count($results))
            $qa_content['title']=qa_lang_html_sub('main/results_for_x', qa_html($inquery));
        else { ?>

            <form id="nosearch" method="POST" action="<?php echo qa_opt('site_url'); ?>ask" class="top-askbox" >
                    <input name="title" type="text" value="<?php echo $inquery; ?>">
            </form>
            <script>$("#nosearch").submit();</script>

        <?php }

.......

this is the part where I am working. Actual file is too long.

Answer 1

You can use something like this

 if (is in search ) {
 //display result
} else {
  // auto submit below form if above condition is not true ( means if no search result found )

    <form action="to url" id="main" method="post">
    <input name="title" type="text" value="$value" />
    </form>
<script>$("#main").submit();</script>

}