[TYPO3-shop] [Typo3-shop] extending product search

[Vikram Mandal [Typo3India]]

Franz Holzinger wrote:

>Hello Vikram,
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>>Is there no (elegant) way to extend the product search?
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>You can write a new file with a class tx_ttproducts_search that has at
>least the current method searchWhere.
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>Then I can put this into tt_products.
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>Greets,
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>Franz
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Hi Franz,

I have created a simple search file and did the following changes to 
tt_products to get it working:
(latest version with the changes available at 
http://www.fivee.in/fileadmin/T3X_tt_products-2_4_6-z-with_search_file.zip)

Step-1: created the lib/class.tx_ttproducts_search.php with the 
searchWhere() method
Step-2: included the search file in the class.tx_ttproducts_pi1.php file 
(see line 75)
Step-3 made a instance of the new search file in the 
lib/class.tx_ttproducts_list_view.php (see line 122)

Can you have a look and confirm if this is the correct approach or is 
there a better way to do it.

Regards,
Vikram Mandal.