Custom search.php in child theme not overriding Astra parent

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I’m trying to build a custom search results page so I created an empty **search.php** file in my Astra child theme and just put “Hello!” as the only content. I expected to see a totally blank page that says “Hello!”. But, I’m not seeing any change in the search results page.

This is on LOCALHOST in LocalWP (not online), so I can’t share a link.

I have cleared the browser cache and flushed the DNS as well as disabling caching in Chrome’s “Network” tab. There’s also a custom code snippet to “Purge Cache” from WebSquadron that I ran, all to seemingly no effect.

I’m using Astra theme. If it helps, this is Astra’s default search.php:

<?php
/**
* The template for displaying search results pages.
*
* @link
*
* @package Astra
* @since 1.0.0
*/

if ( ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) ) {
exit; // Exit if accessed directly.
}

get_header(); ?>

<?php if ( astra_page_layout() == ‘left-sidebar’ ) : ?>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php endif ?>

<div id=”primary” <?php astra_primary_class(); ?>>

<?php astra_primary_content_top(); ?>

<?php astra_archive_header(); ?>

<?php astra_content_loop(); ?>

<?php astra_pagination(); ?>

<?php astra_primary_content_bottom(); ?>

</div><!– #primary –>

<?php if ( astra_page_layout() == ‘right-sidebar’ ) : ?>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php endif ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

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[Astra search.php, Astra parent and child theme folder structure in left sidebar in VSCode])

Thanks for any help!

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