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Removing "Search this site" from the search block in Drupal 6

Created January 25, 2009 · Updated June 27, 2026 · 1 min read · 50 words

function phptemplate_preprocess_search_block_form(&$variables) {
  unset($variables['form']['search_block_form']['#title']);
  unset($variables['form']['search_block_form']['#printed']);
  $variables['search']['search_block_form'] = drupal_render($variables['form']['search_block_form']);
  $variables['search_form'] = implode($variables['search']);
}

The variable $variables['form']['search_block_form']['#title'] contains the string Search this site: or its translation, but gets rendered as a label - fortunately simply unsetting it removes the label altogether! I am not sure why $variables['form']['search_block_form']['#printed'] also needs to be unset, but if that line is omitted, the text box (input field) won’t show up.