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    <?php 
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    $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category'); 
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    if(is_object(Mage::registry('current_category'))){ 
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        $current_category_path=Mage::registry('current_category')->getPathIds(); 
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    }else{ 
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        $current_category_path = array(); 
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    } 
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    $category->load(Mage::app()->getStore()->getRootCategoryId()); 
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    $children_string = $category->getChildren(); 
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    $children = explode(',',$children_string); 
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    $extra_options=''; 
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    foreach($children as $c){ 
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        $selected = (in_array($c, $current_category_path))?'SELECTED':''; 
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        $extra_options.= '<option value="' . $c . '" ' . $selected . '>' . $category->load($c)->getName() . '</option>' . "\n"; 
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    } 
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    ?> 
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    <form id="search_mini_form" action="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getResultUrl() ?>" method="get"> 
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        <fieldset> 
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            <legend><?php echo $this->__('Search Site') ?></legend> 
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            <div class="mini-search"> 
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                <input id="search" type="text" class="input-text" name="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getQueryParamName() ?>" value="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getEscapedQueryText() ?>" /> 
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                <select name="cat" id="cat" class="input-text"> 
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                <option value="">All Departments</option> 
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                <?= $extra_options ?> 
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               </select> 
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                <input type="submit" value="Go" style="border: 1px solid #808080;"alt="<?php echo $this->__('Search') ?>" /> 
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                <div id="search_autocomplete" class="search-autocomplete"></div> 
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                <script type="text/javascript"> 
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                //<![CDATA[ 
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                    var searchForm = new Varien.searchForm('search_mini_form','search', '<?php echo $this->__('search site...') ?>'); 
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                    searchForm.initAutocomplete('<?php echo $this->helper('catalogSearch')->getSuggestUrl() ?>', 'search_autocomplete'); 
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                //]]> 
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                </script> 
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            </div> 
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        </fieldset> 
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    </form>