[funkydunk]

If you use the code that I posted on earlier on this thread for categories.php and use the following for advanced search - it works.

{* $Id: advanced_search.tpl,v 1.3 2002/10/08 12:01:17 alfiya Exp $ *}
{include file="location.tpl" last_location=$lng.lbl_advanced_search}
{capture name=adv_search}
<table border=0>
<form action="search.php" name="productsearchbyprice_form">
<tr>
<td>{$lng.lbl_product_title}</td>
<td> 
<input type="text" name="substring" size="30" value="{$smarty.get.substring}">
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>{$lng.lbl_price}, {$config.General.currency_symbol}</td>
<td><input type="text" name="price_search_1" size="6" value="{$smarty.get.price_search_1|escape}"> - <input type="text" name="price_search_2" size="6" value="{$smarty.get.price_search_2|escape}"></td></tr>
<tr><td>{$lng.lbl_category}</td>
<td>
<select name="in_category">
<option value="">All</option>

{section name=cat_num loop=$categories} 
<option value="{ $categories[cat_num].categoryid}">{ $categories[cat_num].category|escape }</option> 
{section name=cat_num1 loop=$allcategories} 
{if $allcategories[cat_num1].topcat eq $categories[cat_num].category_name} 
<option value="{ $allcategories[cat_num1].categoryid}">- { $allcategories[cat_num1].category_name|escape }</option> 
{/if} 
{/section} 
{/section} 

</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><th>{include file="buttons/search.tpl"}</th></tr>
</form>
</table>
{/capture}
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$lng.lbl_advanced_search content=$smarty.capture.adv_search extra="width=100%"}