Opencart 1.5.4 Search by Description - search

Question

I have read various entries about searching by description and subcategories in opencart by default but I have a unique problem. I have two header files because my site has 2 headers... one for the home page and one for every other page.
Home Page:
https://garrysun.com/
Other Page:
https://garrysun.com/ayurveda-products/categories
When I search on the home page I get the correct results (search the word "heart") but when I search any other page it doesn't return the search for descriptions or subcategories.
Home Page Search Results:https://garrysun.com/index.php?route=product/search&filter_description=true&filter_sub_category=true&filter_name=heart
Other Page Search Results:https://garrysun.com/index.php?route=product/search&filter_name=heart
As you can see, when I search the other page the extra code is not being added to search in descriptions and subcategories.
So why is this new code that I added working for the home page an not any other page?
To make this search function work I have changed the common.js file to look like this (adding the two lines below each "url= $(base..." section:
/* Search */
$('.button-search').bind('click', function() {
url = $('base').attr('href') + 'index.php?route=product/search';
url += '&filter_description=true'; // ADDED this to search descriptions
url += '&filter_sub_category=true'; // ADDED this to search sub-categories
var filter_name = $('input[name=\'filter_name\']').attr('value');
if (filter_name) {
url += '&filter_name=' + encodeURIComponent(filter_name) ;
}
location = url;
});
$('#header input[name=\'filter_name\']').bind('keydown', function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
url = $('base').attr('href') + 'index.php?route=product/search';
url += '&filter_description=true'; // ADDED this to search descriptions
url += '&filter_sub_category=true'; // ADDED this to search sub-categories
var filter_name = $('input[name=\'filter_name\']').attr('value');
if (filter_name) {
url += '&filter_name=' + encodeURIComponent(filter_name) ;
}
location = url;
}
});
Both header files use the same code to call the search function:
<div id="search">
<div class="button-search"></div>
<?php if ($filter_name) { ?>
<input type="text" name="filter_name" value="<?php echo $filter_name; ?>" />
<?php } else { ?>
<input type="text" name="filter_name" value="<?php echo $text_search; ?>" onclick="this.value = '';" onkeydown="this.style.color = '#000000';" />
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

After trying to figure out what's wrong in your code for few minutes (unsuccessfully), I ran a network debugging and found out that nothing is wrong with your code, you are just calling 2 different Javascript files(!):
On your home page, you are using common.js that is located at https://garrysun.com/catalog/view/javascript/common.js.
On your category pages, you are using common.js that is located at https://garrysun.com/catalog/view/javascript/add2cart-go2cart/common.js.
The 2nd one does not include your modifications, and looks like this:
$('.button-search').bind('click', function() {
url = $('base').attr('href') + 'index.php?route=product/search';
var filter_name = $('input[name=\'filter_name\']').attr('value');
if (filter_name) {
url += '&filter_name=' + encodeURIComponent(filter_name);
}
location = url;
});
$('#header input[name=\'filter_name\']').bind('keydown', function(e) {
if (e.keyCode == 13) {
url = $('base').attr('href') + 'index.php?route=product/search';
var filter_name = $('input[name=\'filter_name\']').attr('value');
if (filter_name) {
url += '&filter_name=' + encodeURIComponent(filter_name);
}
location = url;
}
});
Vuala.
Hope this helps!