Question

I’m making a search for joomla, after clicking search button I am getting this url:

index.php?searchword=aa&task=search

How can I create a view or task for it?

Answer 1

If you use the basic joomla search component you will find the views in

/components/com_search/views/search/tmpl

If you edit the view then its advisable to use template overrides, to ensure you will not lose your views on upgrade : http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_output_from_the_Joomla!_core

addition :

If you are building a component and you want a task to execute like that, then use this in your YourComponentName.php.

$controller   = JController::getInstance('FrontendSuite');
$controller->execute(JRequest::getVar('task'));
$controller->redirect();

And add the task as a function in your controller.php. You will get something like this :

function search(){
    $searchword = JRequest::getVar('searchword');
    //Do your magic
}

As Valentin pointed out just below, you will need to add option=com_yoursearchcomponent to your URL for Joomla to call your component.

Adding Views to your component is explained quite well in the link Valentin posted below, http://docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-Controller_Component/2.5/Adding_a_view_to_the_site_part

Hope this helps,

Good luck