Using meta_query for complex search results

• mrdirby

• March 28, 2015 at 1:37 am

I’m trying to make a custom search form where each post has custom meta data. When I filter by two key values I can get the results. But when I add a third array, amenities, the results don’t appear.

Is this too complex of a query?

Here is my query argument:

	$args_listings = array( 
		'cat' => 'listings',
		'meta_query' => array(
				array(
					'key'     => 'neighborhood',
					'value'   => $neighborhoodlist,
					),
				array(
					'key'     => 'bedrooms',
					'value'   => $bedroomnum,
					),
				array(
					'key'     => 'amenities',
					'value'   => $amenitieslist,
					),
		),

	);

Eventually I would like to have more filters related to the search.

• felipeost

• April 15, 2015 at 10:24 am

Hi mrdirby,

have you tried using the ‘relational’ query to set this?

$meta_query_args = array(
	'relation' => 'OR', // Optional, defaults to "AND"
	array(
		'key'     => '_my_custom_key',
		'value'   => 'Value I am looking for',
		'compare' => '='
	)
);
$meta_query = new WP_Meta_Query( $meta_query_args );

I hope to have helped