Custom Fields In search Form

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(@beginner9)

Hi Greg,
This is the code I have used for adding custom field drop down in search form.
Still having minor issues.

add_filter( 'adverts_form_load', 'search_by_custom_fields_form_load' );

function search_by_custom_fields_form_load( $form ) {

    if( $form['name'] != 'search' ) {
        return $form;
    }

    $form['field'][] = array(
        "name" => "my_custom_fabric",
        "type" => "adverts_field_select",
        "order" => 20,
        "label" => "Fabric",
		"max_choices" => 4,
		"options" => array(
		    array("value"=>"Silk", "text"=>"Silk"),
		    array("value"=>"Cotton", "text"=>"Cotton"),
                    array("value"=>"Woolen", "text"=>"Woolen"),
		)
	);

	add_action( "wp_footer", "search_by_custom_fields_footer" );

    return $form;
}

add_filter( 'adverts_list_query', 'search_by_custom_fields' );

function search_by_custom_fields( $args ) {
  $cz = array("my_custom_fabric"); // <- more fields here
  foreach($cz as $name) {
    if( ! adverts_request( $name ) ) {
      continue;
    }

    if( ! isset( $args["meta_query"] ) ) {
      $args["meta_query"] = array();
    }

    $args['meta_query'][] = array(
      'key'     => $name,
      'value'   => adverts_request( $name ),
    );
  }

  return $args;
}
function search_by_custom_fields_footer() {
    ?>
    <style type="text/css">
    .advert-input.advert-input-type-full {
       width: 100% !important;
       margin: 1em 0 0 0 !important;
    }
    </style>
    <?php
}

Display of the custom field in the form happens. However,
– It is treated like hidden (I get the filter icon, beside search icon)
– The half & full option doesn’t work
– The Box comes below category box & not beside the category box.
– The new box is slightly smaller than category search box.
Also, upon inserting meta – visible/half code, the site crashes.

Many thanks for your help.
Regards,

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpadverts/

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Plugin Author

Greg Winiarski

(@gwin)

7 years, 11 months ago

Hi,
note the first code snippet here http://wpadverts.com/documentation/custom-fields-search-form/ you are missing “meta” data

"meta" => array(
            "search_group" => "visible",
            "search_type" => "full" // or half
        )

If this code crashes your site what is the error message displayed?

Thread Starter

Beginner9

(@beginner9)

7 years, 11 months ago

Hi Greg,
This is the code you advised for category search, which works well

Part 1

add_filter( 'adverts_form_load', 'search_by_category_form_load' );

function search_by_category_form_load( $form ) {

    if( $form['name'] != 'search' ) {
        return $form;
    }

    $form['field'][] = array(
        "name" => "ad_category",
        "type" => "adverts_field_select",
        "order" => 20,
        "label" => __("Category", "adverts"),
        "max_choices" => 4,
        "options" => array(),
        "options_callback" => "adverts_taxonomies",
        "meta" => array(
            "search_group" => "visible",
            "search_type" => "half"
        )
    );

    add_action( "wp_footer", "search_by_category_footer" );

    return $form;
}

Part 2

add_filter( 'adverts_list_query', 'search_by_category_query' );

function search_by_category_query( $args ) {

    if( ! adverts_request( "ad_category" ) ) {
        return $args;
    }

    $args["tax_query"] = array(
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'advert_category',
            'field'    => 'term_id',
            'terms'    => adverts_request( "ad_category" ),
        ),
    );

    return $args;
}

Now on similar lines, this is the code I put for custom field search
Part 1

add_filter( 'adverts_form_load', 'search_by_custom_fields_form_load' );

function search_by_custom_fields_form_load( $form ) {

    if( $form['name'] != 'search' ) {
        return $form;
    }

    $form['field'][] = array(
        "name" => "my_custom_fabric",
        "type" => "adverts_field_select",
        "order" => 20,
        "label" => "Fabric",
		"max_choices" => 4,
		"meta" => array(
            "search_group" => "visible",
            "search_type" => "half"
			)
		"options" => array(
		    array("value"=>"Silk", "text"=>"Silk"),
			array("value"=>"Cotton", "text"=>"Cotton"),
            array("value"=>"Woollen", "text"=>"Woollen"),

			)
	);

	add_action( "wp_footer", "search_by_custom_fields_footer" );

    return $form;
}

And code for Part 2 is

add_filter( 'adverts_list_query', 'search_by_custom_fields' );

function search_by_custom_fields( $args ) {
  $cz = array("my_custom_fabric"); // <- more fields here
  foreach($cz as $name) {
    if( ! adverts_request( $name ) ) {
      continue;
    }

    if( ! isset( $args["meta_query"] ) ) {
      $args["meta_query"] = array();
    }

    $args['meta_query'][] = array(
      'key'     => $name,
      'value'   => adverts_request( $name ),
    );
  }

  return $args;
}

The error message I get is

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘”options”‘ (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING), expecting ‘)’ in C:\xampp\htdocs\ad\wp-content\plugins\wpadverts\includes\functions.php on line 1834

Probably, the meta is giving some problem. In the category search, there was a callback function and there were no dropdown choices in options array…..

Many thanks for your help.
Kind Regards,

Plugin Author

Greg Winiarski

(@gwin)

7 years, 11 months ago

In your 3rd code snippet you are missing “,” before options

add_filter( 'adverts_form_load', 'search_by_custom_fields_form_load' );

function search_by_custom_fields_form_load( $form ) {

    if( $form['name'] != 'search' ) {
        return $form;
    }

    $form['field'][] = array(
        "name" => "my_custom_fabric",
        "type" => "adverts_field_select",
        "order" => 20,
        "label" => "Fabric",
	"max_choices" => 4,
	"meta" => array(
            "search_group" => "visible",
            "search_type" => "half"
	),
	"options" => array(
	    array("value"=>"Silk", "text"=>"Silk"),
	    array("value"=>"Cotton", "text"=>"Cotton"),
            array("value"=>"Woollen", "text"=>"Woollen"),
        )
    );

    add_action( "wp_footer", "search_by_custom_fields_footer" );

    return $form;
}

this should be fine.

Thread Starter

Beginner9

(@beginner9)

7 years, 11 months ago

Boss, you are great ! Hats off to you !!
Many thanks for solving this 🙂

Warm regards,

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