Magento catalogsearch does not working
It is very simple. Please follow the step.
Go to this path app/code/core/mage/catalogsearch/block/result.php
copy this file and make app/code/local/mage/catalogsearch/block/result.php
step 1 ) Uncomment lines 149 and 150
$this->getListBlock()
->setCollection($this->_getProductCollection());
step 2 ) Modify the line 172
change this line
$this->_productCollection = $this->getListBlock()->getLoadedProductCollection();
to
$this->_productCollection = Mage::getSingleton(‘catalogsearch/layer’)->getProductCollection();
Goto the admin panel (System -> Index Management) and Reindex
Goto the System -> Config -> Catalog -> “Catalog Search”
hope it will work.