How to include a Joomla! 1.5 Module by hard coding it

Import/Include the module helper

jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');

Call the getModule method and reference it to the $module variable

$module = & JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_search');

Display it in the browser

echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);

Your code will look like this

jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
$module = & JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_search');
echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module);