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I have built a website using Bootstrap v4.0.0-beta. I want to add the ability to search the site. I am attempting to use a script called Perlfect Search 3.37. Though it hasn't been updated in a while it has worked great on another site I have.

My problem is how to mesh the code for Bootstrap and Perlfect two together:

Bootstrap code:

<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
  <input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
  <button class="btn btn-outline-light submit2 my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>

Perlfect code [details on the parameters can be found on this site]:

<form method="get" action="/cgi-bin/perlfect/search/search.pl">
  <input type="hidden" name="p" value="1">
  <input type="hidden" name="lang" value="en">
  <input type="hidden" name="include" value="">
  <input type="hidden" name="exclude" value="">
  <input type="hidden" name="penalty" value="0">
  <select name="mode">
    <option value="all">Match ALL words</option>
    <option value="any">Match ANY word</option>
  </select>
  <input type="text" name="q"><input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

I don't really care to use the "match" option.

I had tried the following but it doesn't return any results for any number of search terms that are available.

<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0" method="get" action="/cgi-bin/perlfect/search/search.pl">
  <input type="hidden" name="p" value="1">
  <input type="hidden" name="lang" value="en">
  <input type="hidden" name="include" value="">
  <input type="hidden" name="exclude" value="">
  <input type="hidden" name="penalty" value="0">
  <input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
  <button class="btn btn-outline-light submit2 my-2 my-sm-0" type="text" name="q" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>

Anyone have any ideas how to solve this?

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  • What does the code you posted with the form for the search box have to do with the results returned?
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Sep 25, 2018 at 21:48
  • I'm not asking so much about the results as I am about combining the two codes so that it works as it should.
    – Lee
    Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 0:23
  • Do any of those work? It sounds like none of them do. If that is the case, it is likely a problem of how your search index is built.
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 1:11
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    Have you tried adding <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="all">?
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 18:39
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    It looks like you put the name="q" on the button rather than on the text input.
    – Stephen Ostermiller ♦
    Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 18:40

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In case someone else has the same type problem, here is the solution I used:

<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0" method="get" action="/cgi-bin/perlfect/search/search.pl">
  <input type="hidden" name="p" value="1">
  <input type="hidden" name="lang" value="en">
  <input type="hidden" name="include" value="">
  <input type="hidden" name="exclude" value="">
  <input type="hidden" name="penalty" value="0">
  <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="all">
  <input class="form-control mr-sm-2" name="q" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
  <button class="btn btn-outline-light submit2 my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
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