Search by input parameter

[Alex Rubinshtein]

Hi!

I'm writing a search engine for an actors agency website. There's an age field and I want to be able to search pages by a range of ages.

I've wrote this:

$minAge = $input->get['minAge'];

echo ($pages->find("age > $minAge")->id);

and get an error.

[kongondo]

Hi Alex,

Welcome to ProcessWire and the forums...

Not sure what error you are getting but I am guessing the problem is the ->id part. A $pages->find will return and array of pages (i.e. there will be multiple ids); so, you only need $pages->find("age>$minAge"). You can then iterate through them.

See examples here:

http://processwire.com/api/variables/pages/

Secondly, nothing to do with your error, but you need to sanitize your input values first. In this case, you need to do at least this:

$minAge = (int) $input->get['minAge'];

The above are quick examples...you might need to sort out your double versus single quotes in the selector...I often forget which is which ...I might have missed something....others will correct if I did

Edited July 10, 2014 by kongondo