Deprecated code, search not working

ltempest
(@ltempest)

4 months, 1 week ago

Hello, I get this error when loading the page:

Deprecated: mb_convert_encoding(): Handling HTML entities via mbstring is deprecated; use htmlspecialchars, htmlentities, or mb_encode_numericentity/mb_decode_numericentity instead in /XXXX/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ajax-search-lite/includes/functions/functions.php on line 575

The search does not seem to return any results, even when searching for known keywords.

How can I resolve this issue?

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Plugin Support Ernest Marcinko
(@ernestmarcinko)

4 months, 1 week ago

Hi!

The deprecation warning is a known issue, it will be permanently resolved in the upcoming release, thank you for letting me know though. You can safely ignore it, it will not cause any issues. If you get the error on your site front-end anywhere, then make sure to turn off the wordpress debug mode once your site is in production (it will remove the error message too).

The most likely cause of not seeing the expected results is likely that the incorrect post types might be selected for searching. In your case I see the products are stored in the Post post type, make sure that is selected here. After clearing your site cache and reloading should resolve the issue.

All the best,
Ernest

Thread Starter ltempest
(@ltempest)

4 months, 1 week ago

Thanks for the reply, it is now working as expected and returning results. As a follow up how do i modify the layout of the results page like this one:

https://pumpsupplies.dynamicsalessolutions.co.uk/?s=drainage&asl_active=1&p_asl_data=1&customset%5B%5D=page&customset%5B%5D=post&asl_gen%5B%5D=excerpt&asl_gen%5B%5D=content&asl_gen%5B%5D=title&qtranslate_lang=0&filters_initial=1&filters_changed=0

Is there a template file somewhere I can modify or a CSS file?

Plugin Support Ernest Marcinko
(@ernestmarcinko)

4 months, 1 week ago

Great!

The results page design/layout is controlled by the theme you are using, unfortunately search plugins can’t change that. You may have to ask the theme developer for instructions. If you are using a block theme or Elementor/Divi, there is usually a page template designer built-in, where you can customize the results archive page layout.

All the best,
Ernest

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