Drupal: Duplicate search block?

Question

I want to duplicate the default search box and put it between some blocks on my left sidebar: so it would show up on every page twice ( top where it already is and on the left mid-sidebar ).

Is there an easy way to clone it and then make sure the IDs arent duplicates?

Answer 1

edit the module modules/search/search.module the funcion search_block. just add as much search blocks you want.: instead:

function search_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) {
  if ($op == 'list') {
    $blocks[0]['info'] = t('Search form');
    // Not worth caching.
    $blocks[0]['cache'] = BLOCK_NO_CACHE;
    return $blocks;
  }
  else if ($op == 'view' && user_access('search content')) {
    $block['content'] = drupal_get_form('search_block_form');
    $block['subject'] = t('Search');
    return $block;
  }
}

i think this would work:

function search_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0) {
  if ($op == 'list') {
    $blocks[0]['info'] = t('Search form');
    // Not worth caching.
    $blocks[0]['cache'] = BLOCK_NO_CACHE;
    $blocks[1]['info'] = t('Search form');
    $blocks[1]['cache'] = BLOCK_NO_CACHE;
    return $blocks;
  }
  else if ($op == 'view' && user_access('search content')) {
    $block['content'] = drupal_get_form('search_block_form');
    $block['subject'] = t('Search');
    return $block;
  }
}

Answer 2

Add block with php filter:

print drupal_get_form('search_block_form');

or print it in page.tpl.php, example from Zen theme:

<?php if ($search_box): ?>
  <div id="search-box">
  <?php print $search_box; ?>
  </div> <!-- /#search-box -->
<?php endif; ?>

Answer 3

I had to use another module for this and enable it.