Title: Search with checkboxes
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Search with checkboxes

 *  [Ghostflasher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghostflasher/)
 * (@ghostflasher)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-checkboxes/)
 * Hi there,
 * I managed to build a custom searchform that searches in multiple columns. So 
   far so good. My problem is now, that I want so search with checkboxes.
 * I created a Multicheckbox field with languages and I want to perform a search
   on people who are able to speak e.g. English and French. The problem is, that
   when i search I can look for people who speak French or People who speek English.
   When I check more than one checkbox I get no results.
 * Could anybody give me some advice?
 * Thank
    Dan
 * btw: great plugin
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/participants-database/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Ghostflasher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghostflasher/)
 * (@ghostflasher)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-checkboxes/#post-6587425)
 * Sorry, I get a result but I want only persons who are able to speak both languages.
   At the moment I get all that have French OR English checked. I want all the people
   who have French AND English checked.
 *  [nhwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nhwp/)
 * (@nhwp)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-checkboxes/#post-6587693)
 * Would you be willing to share the template code for searching by multiple columns?
 * Would really help our application of the plugin too!
 * Thanks.
 *  [huotg01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/huotg01/)
 * (@huotg01)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-checkboxes/#post-6587694)
 * In the OP context, what seems to work for me is to setup a multiselect/Other 
   field ? My value field is:
    Français::français, Anglais::anglais, Espagnol::espagnol,
   Portugais::portugais, Chinois::chinois
 * When I setup a filter with 2 criteria:
    Langue contains français AND Langue contains
   anglais
 * the result gives me all those who speak French AND English.
 * Is it what you are looking for ? Sorry if I misunderstood the point.
 *  [nhwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nhwp/)
 * (@nhwp)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-with-checkboxes/#post-6587695)
 * Thanks for the reply!
 * We have over 60 fields we’re trying to include in the search, so your solve might
   prove to be a bit labour intensive.
 * I think we’ll be waiting for the feature to be added to the plugin itself.
 * Thanks again!

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