Searching with GET

[naim]

When searching something on a phpBB forum, you are currently sending a POST request.
Why not search with a GET request with the query in the url (ex. http://example.com/phpbb/search.php?q=hello%20world) - just like any search engine.
This way you will be able to make it easier for people to change their searches (sometimes i just modify the url directly instead of resubmitting...)
And people will be able to search your site directly from their browsers...

-> http://<domain>/phpbb/search.php?q={query}

[Dragosvr92]

Interesting idea, but you might want to take care of the SEO detail, as the bots will tend to cache the search page, with each get variable.
Sooo.. add a index no follow for the search page, maybe.

[/a3]

Interesting idea, but you might want to take care of the SEO detail, as the bots will tend to cache the search page, with each get variable.

Use robots.txt.

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

Please be more specific. search.php processes get requests without any problems, and in fact the form at search.php already uses method=get

[nickvergessen]

Only quick-search (Includes search on viewforum and viewtopic) use get

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

Only quick-search (Includes search on viewforum and viewtopic) use get

Not on this board... quoting from the source of search.php as generated on area51

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<h2 class="solo">Search</h2>

<form method="get" action="./search.php">

<div class="panel">
   <div class="inner"><span class="corners-top"><span></span></span>
   <h3>Search query</h3>

[nickvergessen]

Well atleast the quick search is sorry screwed the other one up

[imkingdavid]

Click Advanced Search at the top (next to the Search box). Type in "test". See the URL:

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http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/search.php?keywords=test&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

Really, afaik, only the search box at the top of this board does it via $_POST.

[Oleg]

We should be using GET on search forms everywhere it makes sense. There was http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-7057 which appears to had been fixed.

[MichaelC]

Also from some quick testing 'Search these results' uses POST.