Empty search returning ALL results instead of NONE

  • Resolved philipt18

    (@philipt18)


    9 years, 4 months ago

    I have a loop where I’m searching for posts that are from a specific category and match a tag (or tags). The tags are grabbed from a custom field. If the custom field is empty it should return no results, but instead is returning all results in that category. How can I get it to properly return no results? Thanks.

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  • Plugin Author Eliot Akira

    (@miyarakira)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    If the custom field is empty, you’re not querying for any tags:

    [loop type="post" category="something" tag=""]

    ..so the loop returns all posts in that category.

    For the result you want, you’ll have to check the custom field, and if it’s empty, then not run the loop:

    [if field="field_name"]
  [loop ..][/loop]
[else]
  Field is empty.
[/if]
    Thread Starter philipt18

    (@philipt18)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    And if I’m passing the field? Would this be correct?

    [pass field="taglist"]
	[if field="{FIELD}"]
		[loop type="post" category="catname" tag="{FIELD}"]
		[field title-link]
		[/loop]
	[else]
		Nothing found.
	[/if]
[/pass]
    Thread Starter philipt18

    (@philipt18)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    I’m guessing not because now everything says ‘Nothing found’.

    Plugin Author Eliot Akira

    (@miyarakira)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    I think this should work:

    [if field="taglist"]
    Thread Starter philipt18

    (@philipt18)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    I moved the if to the outside like:

    [if field="taglist"]
	[pass field="taglist"]
		[loop type="post" category="catname" tag="{FIELD}"]
		[field title-link]
		[/loop]
	[/pass]
[else]
	Nothing found.
[/if]

    and it seems to be working. Thanks.

    Plugin Author Eliot Akira

    (@miyarakira)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    Great, I’m glad that worked.

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