Handling WordPress search

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<?php
/**
 * Give the user a 404 if they do an internal WP search
 */
function db_unresolve_search() {
	global $wp_query;
	if ( $wp_query->is_search )
		$wp_query->is_404 = true;
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'db_unresolve_search' );

/**
 * Redirect the user to a new URL path if they do an internal WP search
 */
function db_redirect_search() {
	global $wp_query;
	if ( $wp_query->is_search ) {
		wp_redirect( get_site_url( null, '/your-search-path/?s=' . urlencode( $wp_query->query_vars['s'] ) ) );
		exit;
	}
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'db_redirect_search' );