<form id="search_mini_form" action="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogsearch')->getResultUrl() ?>" method="get">
    <div class="form-searchx">
	<!-- <img border="0" height="16" width="16" alt="" src="skin/frontend/default/default/images/icon_search.gif"> -->
        <input id="search" type="text" name="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogsearch')->getQueryParamName() ?>" value="<?php echo $this->helper('catalogsearch')->getEscapedQueryText() ?>" class="input-text" />



        <?php $startCategory = 2227; ?>
        <select name="cat" id="searchCategory">
	        <option value="<?php echo $startCategory ?>">Alle Kategorien</option>

            <?php
            $searchCategory = Mage::app()->getRequest()->getParam('cat');

            $cats = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($startCategory)->getChildren();
            $catIds = explode(',', $cats);

            $categories = array();
            foreach($catIds as $catId) {
               $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($catId);
               $categories[$category->getName()] = $catId;
            }

            ksort($categories, SORT_STRING);
            ?>

            <?php foreach($categories as $name => $catId): ?>
            <option value="<?php echo $catId; ?>" <?php if($catId == $searchCategory) echo "selected"?>><?php echo $name; ?></option>
            <?php endforeach; ?>
        </select>



        <button type="submit" title="<?php echo $this->__('Search') ?>" class="button"><span><span><?php echo $this->__('Search') ?></span></span></button>

        <div id="search_autocomplete" class="search-autocomplete"></div>
        <script type="text/javascript">
        //<![CDATA[
            var searchForm = new Varien.searchForm('search_mini_form', 'search', '<?php echo $this->__('') ?>');
            searchForm.initAutocomplete('<?php echo $this->helper('catalogsearch')->getSuggestUrl() ?>', 'search_autocomplete');
        //]]>
        </script>
    </div>
</form>


<!-- <input type="hidden" name="order" value="relevance"> -->
<!-- <input type="hidden" name="dir" value="desc"> -->

	<?php /* old version
	$categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(2227)->getChildren();

    $catIds = explode(',',$categories);
	foreach($catIds as $catId) {
		$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($catId);
		$categoryName = $category->getName();

		echo "<option value=\"$catId\">$categoryName</option>\n";
	} */
	?>
