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Searching multiple custom fields

Russ Back 12 Aug 2013 19:44 question, complete

Hey Low

Apologies if I'm missing something (and I'm sure I am!), I need to search for 'foo' in in one of two custom fields. I'm confused about whether I should be defining something on the form or on the text field where the user enters 'foo'.

Could you point me in the right direction please?

Thanks

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1. Low 12 Aug 2013 20:29

   If you want to target a specific custom field, you'd use the native search: parameter. You can use it as an input field as well:
   

   <input name="search:field_name" value="foo" />

2. Russ Back 12 Aug 2013 20:49

   Thanks, I can't see how you would search multiple fields doing that though? This works:
   
   

   <input type="text" id="inp-consultants-name" name="search:member_firstname" placeholder="Search by Name">

   
   
   But this:
   
   

   <input type="text" id="inp-consultants-name" name="search:member_firstname|member_lastname" placeholder="Search by Name">

   
   
   Displays an 'Disallowed Key Characters.' message.

3. Low 12 Aug 2013 20:54

   Think of it as you would with the native channel:entries parameters. You can target 2 fields like this:
   
   

   search:field1="foo" search:field2="foo"

   
   
   This translates to field1 contains "foo" and field2 contains "foo". As input fields, you'd use:
   
   

   <input name="search:field1" value="foo"> 
    <input name="search:field2" value="foo">

   
   
   However, you can't search for field1=foo or field2=foo at the moment.

4. Russ Back 13 Aug 2013 09:03

   Thanks Low.