Keep search query when search returns no results

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dhruv.goel92
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Re: Keep search query when search returns no results

Post by dhruv.goel92 »

So a notice saying "You requested page X but there are only Y pages in this result set, page Y is shown" or redirection to the last valid page?

Senky
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Re: Keep search query when search returns no results

Post by Senky »

Notice is much better! It is never bad to show more info, than to show it less and confuse users...

dhruv.goel92
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Re: Keep search query when search returns no results

Post by dhruv.goel92 »

This is how i have done as of now - https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb3/pull/864 It can be modified to do redirection as well

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