Search functionality not working using ID field input - cakephp

Question

I am using the search plugin on https://github.com/cakedc/search. I am trying to search for records using the ID field only, that is if i type in 1 on my form input it must show a record with user ID 1. The challenge that i am having now is when i specify that the input should be the id field, the input field for the search functionality disappears on my index view, strange thing is when i specify a different field name the input field shows.
Below is my code for my Model
public $actsAs = array('Search.Searchable');
public $filterArgs = array(
'id' => array('type' => 'like', 'field' => 'ItSupportRequest.id'),
);
public function findByTags($data = array()) {
$this->Tagged->Behaviors->attach('Containable', array('autoFields' => false));
$this->Tagged->Behaviors->attach('Search.Searchable');
$query = $this->Tagged->getQuery('all', array(
'conditions' => array('Tag.name' => $data['tags']),
'fields' => array('foreign_key'),
'contain' => array('Tag')
));
return $query;
}
public function orConditions($data = array()) {
$filter = $data['filter'];
$cond = array(
'OR' => array(
$this->alias . '.id LIKE' => '%' . $filter . '%',
));
return $cond;
}
and here is my controller code.
public $components = array('Search.Prg');
public $presetVars = true; // using the model configuration
public function find() {
$this->Prg->commonProcess();
$this->paginate['conditions'] = $this->ItSupportRequest->parseCriteria($this->passedArgs);
$this->set('articles', $this->paginate());
}
and in my index.ctp file i have this code.
<?php
echo $this->Form->create('ItSupportRequest', array(
'url' => array_merge(array('action' => 'find'), $this->params['pass'])
));
echo $this->Form->label('Query ID:') . "<br/>";
echo $this->Form->input('name', array('div' => false, 'label' => false));
echo $this->Form->submit(__('Search'), array('div' => false));
echo $this->Form->end();
?>
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You should not call it id as id will be hidden (because cake assumes this is a primary key here).
Either name it something else or manually overwrite this behavior using
$this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'text'));
But I would go with sth like "search" and
$this->Form->input('search', array('placeholder' => 'ID to look for'));
and
public $filterArgs = array(
'search' => array('type' => 'like', 'field' => 'ItSupportRequest.id'),
);