Redirect search to home page

Question

I have a custom search bar which works fine on my Wordpress home page, however when I place it on a different page of the site, the URL keeps directing to http://localhost/pageName/?s=searchTerm instead of http://localhost/?s=searchTerm . I've tried setting form action to

<form method="get" id="searchform"  action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">

and also hardcoding my site URL but the redirect happens every time.

Here is my searchform.php file:

<form method="get" id="searchform"  action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">
<div>
    <input type="text" value="<?php echo the_search_query(); ?>" name="s" id="s" placeholder="Search" />
</div>
</form>  

How would I get the form to direct to http://localhost/?s=searchTerm ?

Answer 1

写吧

<form method="get" id="searchform"  action="/">