cakephp: search page giving http 404 webpage cannot be found - cakephp

Question

When I click the search link in the cupcake forum plugin, enter the search criteria and click submit, I get a blank page in firefox and http 404 website cannot be found in IE.
I have no idea on what i'm doing wrong. Can someone help me? Thank you.
the following is the search_controller:
class SearchController extends ForumAppController {
/**
* Controller Name
* #access public
* #var string
*/
public $name = 'Search';
/**
* Models
* #access public
* #var array
*/
public $uses = array('Forum.Topic');
/**
* Pagination
* #access public
* #var array
*/
public $paginate = array(
'Topic' => array(
'order' => 'LastPost.created DESC',
'contain' => array('ForumCategory.title', 'User.id', 'User.username', 'LastPost.created', 'LastUser.username', 'Poll.id', 'FirstPost.content')
)
);
/**
* Search the topics
* #access public
* #param string $type
*/
public function index($type = '') {
$searching = false;
print_r($this->params['named']);
// Build
if (!empty($this->params['named'])) {
foreach ($this->params['named'] as $field => $value) {
$this->data['Topic'][$field] = urldecode($value);
}
}
if ($type == 'new_posts') {
$this->data['Topic']['orderBy'] = 'LastPost.created';
$this->paginate['Topic']['conditions']['LastPost.created >='] = $this->Session->read('Forum.lastVisit');
}
echo '<br/>';
print_r($this->data);
// Search
if (!empty($this->data)) {
$searching = true;
$this->paginate['Topic']['limit'] = $this->Toolbar->settings['topics_per_page'];
if (!empty($this->data['Topic']['keywords'])) {
if ($this->data['Topic']['power'] == 0) {
$this->paginate['Topic']['conditions']['Topic.title LIKE'] = '%'. $this->data['Topic']['keywords'] .'%';
} else {
$this->paginate['Topic']['conditions']['OR'] = array(
array('Topic.title LIKE' => '%'. $this->data['Topic']['keywords'] .'%'),
array('FirstPost.content LIKE' => '%'. $this->data['Topic']['keywords'] .'%')
);
}
}
if (!empty($this->data['Topic']['category'])) {
$this->paginate['Topic']['conditions']['Topic.forum_category_id'] = $this->data['Topic']['category'];
}
if (!empty($this->data['Topic']['orderBy'])) {
$this->paginate['Topic']['order'] = $this->data['Topic']['orderBy'] .' DESC';
}
if (!empty($this->data['Topic']['byUser'])) {
$this->paginate['Topic']['conditions']['User.username LIKE'] = '%'. $this->data['Topic']['byUser'] .'%';
}
$this->set('topics', $this->paginate('Topic'));
}
$this->Toolbar->pageTitle(__d('forum', 'Search', true));
$this->set('menuTab', 'search');
$this->set('searching', $searching);
$this->set('forums', $this->Topic->ForumCategory->getHierarchy($this->Toolbar->getAccess(), $this->Session->read('Forum.access'), 'read'));
}
}
?>
topic.php model:
class Topic extends ForumAppModel {
/**
* Belongs to
* #access public
* #var array
*/
public $belongsTo = array(
'ForumCategory' => array(
'className' => 'Forum.ForumCategory',
'counterCache' => true
),
'User' => array(
'className' => 'Forum.User'
),
'FirstPost' => array(
'className' => 'Forum.Post',
'foreignKey' => 'firstPost_id'
),
'LastPost' => array(
'className' => 'Forum.Post',
'foreignKey' => 'lastPost_id'
),
'LastUser' => array(
'className' => 'Forum.User',
'foreignKey' => 'lastUser_id'
)
);
/**
* Has one
* #access public
* #var array
*/
public $hasOne = array(
'Poll' => array(
'className' => 'Forum.Poll',
'dependent' => true
)
);
/**
* Has many
* #access public
* #var array
*/
public $hasMany = array(
'Post' => array(
'className' => 'Forum.Post',
'exclusive' => true,
'dependent' => true,
'order' => 'Post.created DESC',
)
);
index.ctp view:
<?php // Search orderbY
$orderBy = array(
'LastPost.created' => __d('forum', 'Last post time', true),
'Topic.created' => __d('forum', 'Topic created time', true),
'Topic.post_count' => __d('forum', 'Total posts', true),
'Topic.view_count' => __d('forum', 'Total views', true)
); ?>
<h2>Search</h2>
<?php echo $form->create('Topic', array('url' => array('controller' => 'search', 'action' => 'index'))); ?>
<div id="search">
<?php
echo $form->input('keywords', array('div' => false, 'label' => false, 'style' => 'width: 300px'));
echo $form->label('power', __d('forum', 'Power Search?', true));
echo $form->input('category', array('div' => false, 'label' => false, 'options' => $forums, 'escape' => false, 'empty' => true));
echo $form->input('orderBy', array('div' => false, 'label' => false, 'options' => $orderBy));
echo $form->label('byUser', __d('forum', 'By User (Username)', true) .':');
echo $form->input('byUser', array('div' => false, 'label' => false, 'style' => 'width: 150px'));
?>
</div>
<?php echo $form->end(__d('forum', 'Search Topics', true));
pr($this->validationErrors);
?>
<?php // Is searching
if ($searching === true) { ?>
<div class="forumWrap">
<?php echo $this->element('pagination'); ?>
<table cellspacing="0" class="table">
<tr>
<th colspan="2"><?php echo $paginator->sort(__d('forum', 'Topic', true), 'Topic.title'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort(__d('forum', 'Forum', true), 'Topic.forum_category_id'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort(__d('forum', 'Author', true), 'User.username'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort(__d('forum', 'Created', true), 'Topic.created'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort(__d('forum', 'Posts', true), 'Topic.post_count'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort(__d('forum', 'Views', true), 'Topic.view_count'); ?></th>
<th><?php echo $paginator->sort(__d('forum', 'Activity', true), 'LastPost.created'); ?></th>
</tr>
<?php if (empty($topics)) { ?>
<tr>
<td colspan="8" class="empty"><?php __d('forum', 'No results were found, please refine your search criteria.'); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php } else {
$counter = 0;
foreach ($topics as $topic) {
$pages = $cupcake->topicPages($topic['Topic']); ?>
<tr<?php if ($counter % 2) echo ' class="altRow"'; ?>>
<td class="ac" style="width: 35px"><?php echo $cupcake->topicIcon($topic); ?></td>
<td>
<?php if (!empty($topic['Poll']['id'])) {
echo $html->image('/forum/img/poll.png', array('alt' => 'Poll', 'class' => 'img'));
} ?>
<?php echo $cupcake->topicType($topic['Topic']['type']); ?>
<strong><?php echo $html->link($topic['Topic']['title'], array('controller' => 'topics', 'action' => 'view', $topic['Topic']['id'])); ?></strong>
<?php if (count($pages) > 1) { ?>
<br /><span class="gray"><?php __d('forum', 'Pages'); ?>: [ <?php echo implode(', ', $pages); ?> ]</span>
<?php } ?>
</td>
<td class="ac"><?php echo $html->link($topic['ForumCategory']['title'], array('controller' => 'categories', 'action' => 'view', $topic['Topic']['forum_category_id'])); ?></td>
<td class="ac"><?php echo $html->link($topic['User']['username'], array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'profile', $topic['User']['id'])); ?></td>
<td class="ac"><?php echo $time->niceShort($topic['Topic']['created'], $cupcake->timezone()); ?></td>
<td class="ac"><?php echo number_format($topic['Topic']['post_count']); ?></td>
<td class="ac"><?php echo number_format($topic['Topic']['view_count']); ?></td>
<td>
<?php // Last activity
if (!empty($topic['LastPost'])) {
$lastTime = (!empty($topic['LastPost']['created'])) ? $topic['LastPost']['created'] : $topic['Topic']['modified']; ?>
<em><?php echo $time->relativeTime($lastTime, array('userOffset' => $cupcake->timezone())); ?></em><br />
<span class="gray"><?php __d('forum', 'by'); ?> <?php echo $html->link($topic['LastUser']['username'], array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'profile', $topic['Topic']['lastUser_id'])); ?></span>
<?php echo $html->image('/forum/img/goto.png', array('alt' => '', 'url' => array('controller' => 'topics', 'action' => 'view', $topic['Topic']['id'], 'page' => $topic['Topic']['page_count'], '#' => 'post_'. $topic['Topic']['lastPost_id']))); ?>
<?php } else {
__d('forum', 'No latest activity to display');
} ?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php ++$counter;
}
} ?>
</table>
<?php echo $this->element('pagination'); ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Answer 1

I added:
if (isset($this->Security)){
$this->Security->enabled=false;
}
to the beforeFilter function of search_controller.php and i'm able to get the search results now. No more HTTP 404 website not found error. :)