I need to set up wordpress ajax search results but my method isn't retrieving the results when the button is clicked and is instead redirecting me to another site ( myurl.com?s=term ). I called admin-ajax.php correctly but set this up incorrectly. Any ideas what's causing the problem?
//Script to activate ajax
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
var search_val=$("#s").val();
$('#searchsubmit').click(function(){
$.post(
WPaAjax.ajaxurl,
{
action : 'wpa56343_search',
search_val : search_val
},
function( response ) {
$('#results').append( response );
}
);
});
});
//function to setup wp_query
add_action('wp_ajax_wpa56343_search', 'wpa56343_search');
function wpa56343_search(){
global $wp_query;
$search = $_POST['search_val'];
$args = array(
's' => $search,
'posts_per_page' => 5
);
$wp_query = new WP_Query( $args );
get_template_part( 'search-results' );
exit;
}
//html
<div id="my_search">
<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="http://myurl.com/" >
<input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" />
<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" />
</form>
</div>
<div id="results"></div>