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Dear Andrea,
thank you for this really flexible plugin.
I have a question about the “Search modes” and how to maybe change them in a bit.
What i like to do:
I create a field in my members profiles called “PLZ”. It is a text field and contains the german “Postleitzahl” like “12345”.I have no problem to address and search the field with your plugin. But i would like to generate results like:
– a search for “1” should only display members with the “PLZ” starting with “1” and not containing “1”.
– a search for “12” should only display members with the “PLZ” starting with “12” and not containing “12”.Example:
My members “PLZ” is “23313”.– searching for “23” should display the member as a result.
– searching for “31” should not display this member but members with “PLZ” like “31…”I hope you understand what i would like to do.
Thank you for taking a look at this.
Hello Kasimir,
You can select the search mode is like.
To search for all the numbers that begin with 23, enter 23% in your search field (the % sign matches any number of characters).
You can find more information here:
Hello Andrea,
thank you very much for your quick reply. It works!
There is one more thing i would like to do and maybe you could tell me where i have to do that.
I don’t want to explain to the users that they have to put the “%”-sign at the end of their search entry. So i would like to hardcode the “%”-sign in a template file or wherever so that it is added automatically even if the user only entries “23” in the search field.
I have only one search field so it doesn’t matter what maybe happens to other fields.
Yes, you can add this code to your bp-custom.php file:
add_action ('bps_field_before_query', 'append_percent_sign'); function append_percent_sign ($f) { if ($f->code == 'field_32') { $f->value .= '%'; } }Replace 32 with the actual ID of your field.
Hello Andrea,
thank you very much for your excellent and quick support!!
You’re welcome, and all the best with your site.
