Search repeater in repeater matrix

[Gideon So]

I have a repeater matrix field in which there is a repeater field that container a textarea field. How can I search text in the textarea??

I tried $pages->find("repeater_matrix_field.repaeter_field.textarea=%$q"), but return no results.

Any idea how to do it??

Gideon

[kongondo]

I am not saying it will work, but for starters, your selector operator is wrong:

14 minutes ago, Gideon So said:

=%$q

That should be:

%=$q

 

 

[tooth-paste]

or

Quote

field.repaeter

field.repeater

[Gideon So]

46 minutes ago, tooth-paste said:

or

field.repeater

Correct a typo here doesn't help much. ??

Gideon

[Gideon So]

2 hours ago, kongondo said:

I am not saying it will work, but for starters, your selector operator is wrong:

That should be:

%=$q

 

 

Hi,

Typo here. I think I use the right operator in my code. Any more suggestions?

Gideon

[Robin S]

This syntax works fine for me with plain Repeater fields, so it should work for Repeater Matrix fields too:

$results = $pages->find("my_repeater.my_nested_repeater.my_textarea%=foo");

So maybe typos are slipping in somewhere else...

Testing this did expose a bug where pages are matched when the repeater fields are empty - will file this at GitHub shortly. Done: https://github.com/processwire/processwire-issues/issues/205

There is another way you could do this, but I think the selector with subfields is more elegant...

// returns the root container page for any repeater item no matter how deeply nested
function getRootContainer($page) {
    if($page instanceof RepeaterPage) {
        return getRootContainer($page->getForPage());
    } else {
        return $page;
    }
}

$results = new PageArray();
$repeater_pages = $pages->find("my_textarea%=foo, has_parent=2, include=all");
foreach($repeater_pages as $repeater_page) {
    $results->add(getRootContainer($repeater_page));
}

 

[Gideon So]

2 hours ago, Robin S said:

This syntax works fine for me with plain Repeater fields, so it should work for Repeater Matrix fields too:

$results = $pages->find("my_repeater.my_nested_repeater.my_textarea%=foo");

 

Hi @Robin S,

I have tried this syntax. Here is my line of code.

$pages->find("repeater_matrix_field.repeater_field.textarea%=$q").

it seems that it does not work in repeater in a repeater matrix context. It still return no results.

Gideon 

[Gideon So]

Hi,

The solution is simple.

$pages->find("my_repeater_matrix.my_repeater.my_textarea_field%=$q");

I think I messed up with field name before.

Gideon