Selector with exception

[entschleunigung]

hello,

is there a possibility to define exceptions in a selector?

this is my selector:

$selector = "template=expertsItem, location=$location, department=$department, sort=expertSurname";

i would like this selector to give me everything from $ department but not the department with id 2131, for example. 

i have tried the following, unfortunately without success

$selector = "template=expertsItem, location=$location, department=$department, department!=2131, sort=expertSurname";

do you have any idea for me how to solve this?

 

thank you

 

 

[dragan]

$selector = "template=expertsItem, location=$location, department=$department, id!=2131, sort=expertSurname";

?

or if you're trying to exlude the page you're on, you can use id!=page.id

[ottogal]

You could try

$matches = $pages->find("template=expertsItem, location=$location, department=$department, sort=expertSurname")->not("department=2131");

 

[elabx]

If any of the alternatives work I'd still wonder why his original code wouldn't work. 

[entschleunigung]

Thank you so much, that helped me.