expression engine super search module : group by issue

Question

I am using supersearch module, here is link for doc of its http://www.solspace.com/docs/super_search. Actually I am facing a problem that is to get records group by.

Using this module i dont know how to get the entries group by channel. I want the entries result group by its channel.

This is my code: Search :

<form method="post" action="{path='search/results'}/" style="padding-top: 15px;">
    {exp:super_search:search} 

    <input type="text" name="title" value="" style="height: 31px;"/>
    <input type="submit" value="Search" />

    {/exp:super_search:search}
</form>

Result :

{exp:super_search:results paginate="both" limit="10"}

{channel_name}<br/>
{title} <br/>

{paginate}<p>Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages {pagination_links}</p>{/paginate} 
{/exp:super_search:results}

there are 5 channel in my project and each channel having at least 15 records. I want all record group by channel.

Can anybody tell how can I get the records what I exactly wants.

Sorry for my bad English Thanks.

And Yes I want the Records like below mention : [if possible please suggest for the same]

Channel -1 --entry-1 --entry-2 --entry-3 --entry-4

Channel -2 --entry-1 --entry-2 --entry-3

Channel -3 --entry-1 --entry-2 --entry-3

Continuous like this..

Answer 1

In your Results loop you could add:

orderby="channel_name"

You would then want to store the last items channel_name and compare it to the current items channel_name to find when you wanted to actually output the channel_name to the screen.

Answer 2

I didn't have a chance to test this, and make sure you have php enabled on your template, but try something like what is below:

<?php $prev_channel = ""; ?>

{exp:super_search:results orderby="channel_name" paginate="both" limit="10"}

{if channel_name != "<?php echo $prev_name?>"}
    {channel_name}<br/>
{/if}
{title} <br/>
{paginate}<p>Page {current_page} of {total_pages} pages {pagination_links}</p>{/paginate}
<?php $prev_name = {channel_name}; ?>

{/exp:super_search:results}