Search in image custom fields

[thomas]

Hi,
I was wondering if it was possible to search in the custom field of multiple images? I am not really sure what I would expect for a result but I guess I am looking for a way to search for images by the description in a custom text field (it needs to hold a lot of text) and deep link to that very image. A quick test showed no result but maybe I am missing something?

(I know a page reference would obviously be the better choice here but I kinda want/need the thumbnail display and visual sortability of the multiple image field)

Thanks

[BrendonKoz]

Heading out for the weekend, but I found your question interesting and, I'd imagine, potentially solvable - but I didn't find anything quickly.

I was experimenting with the following, as a start (where "field-image" is the custom field template assigned to my image field, and "summary" is the field within that template I am searching within):

$test = $pages->find('template=field-image,image.summary%=the');

As an alternative option, would you be able to adjust your solution to use (far shorter) tags for the linking/association aspect of your problem?

[thomas]

Hi @BrendonKoz,

thanks for reply! I tried exactly the same syntax but unfortunately that didn't work. I am working on a full text searchable archive of old special interest magazines where I just need an image per page, a large text field for the OCR'd text and maybe some tags.

Meanwhile I stumbled upon the amazing plugin "RepeaterImages" by @Robin S which looks like it might just solve my problem 🙂

[BrendonKoz]

Interestingly, since I think something in my example should work, I noticed that in my Setup > Templates admin page, my field-image template is reporting that it contains zero pages. I'm not sure if that should be the case since I do use images that have custom fields assigned. Maybe that's why I'm not getting any matches? I'm unsure. I would think Robin's module does something similar to the built-in core functionality, but if that works for you, I'm glad to hear it!

[JamesFletcher]

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