Exclude product from search

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.3

Hello,

I want to exclude a product from the product-search.
Can yoiu please tell me how to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

If it's only one product in a category where there is other products, so you will have to edit the hikashop search plugin.
PHP knowledges will be required.

If this product is in another category, you can unpublish that category.

Hello,

it's just one product. Can you please tell how to exclude it in the search plugin?
What file do I need to edit?

Thanks in advance

Hi,

You have to edit the file:
"plugins/search/hikashop_products/hikashop_products.php"

And add the code:

if($rows[$k]->product_id == 'YOUR_PRODUCT_ID')
	unset($rows[$k]);

				if(empty($row->product_canonical)){
					$rows[$k]->href = 'index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&name='.$row->alias.'&cid='.$row->id.$Itemid.$parent;
				}else{
					$rows[$k]->href = $row->product_canonical;
				}
				$rows[$k]->section 	= JText::_( 'PRODUCT' );

Hello,

thanks for the help, but I can't find that phrase in hikashop_products.php.

The only lines that looks like it, are:

$rows[$k]->href = 'index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&name='.$row->alias.'&cid='.$row->id.$Itemid.$parent;
				$rows[$k]->section 	= JText::_( 'PRODUCT' );

Hi,

That's potentially because there is a fatal error, you can set the Joomla error reporting level to "maximum" temporarily in order to see the error and correct it.

Hi,

I don't get an error, the product I want to hide, doesn't hide and keeps visible in the search-results.

What am I doing wrong?

Hi,

Ok so please add:

unset($rows['YOUR_ID']);

return $rows;

Thank you, this works! Thanks a lot!!!

Could you give advise on how to exclude some categories form search?

Either by simply puting the category ID or by checking a custom field in the categories like (category_search_disabled).

Hi,

You can create a menu which is not listing the products of these categories and use it in the settings of the hikashop product search plugin. It will potentially require a little management in the categories tree to have something like:

- Main category
-- Sub category A
-- Sub category B
- Not wanted in search

And create a menu listing the product of the "Main category" and it sub categories, then use this id in the plugin settings.


Or you can use code like:

foreach($rows as $k => $row){
  if(in_array($row->product_category_id,array('XX','YY'))){
    unset($rows[$k]);
  }
}

return $rows;