Create form filter
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OK next big challenge. I have a page that generates matching properties, matching the criteria from the current property to other properties. I am basically setting a bunch of variables, then running the loop, then presenting the results, then closing the loop.
I want to use the following to create a basic filter on City –
[form action=]
<i class=”fa fa-street-view” aria-hidden=”true”></i> I’m looking for an agent in
[select name=filter]
[for each=property-city]<option value=[each id]>[each]</option>
[/for]
[/select][input type=submit]
[/form]I have used this before, but on a much simpler page.
Since I want this to display BEFORE the search results, I have this code before the loop occurs (otherwise I get one of these for every match). But I’m having a problem getting the filter to narrow the result set. I’ve basically used
[set var=…]
[set var2=..][pass global=query fields=filter,etc,etc2,etc]
[loop]
Run a bunch of [if]s to find matching results.
[run a bunch of calculations, set a bunch of variables on results for the display of the content][if taxonomy property-city field=id value={FILTER}]
CONTENT DISPLAY CODE GOES HERE
[/if]
[/loop]Filter does show up in the URL as a parameter, but when I select a value from the dropdown list, it doesn’t filter the result. Also I can’t seem to figure out how to set the OPTION SELECTED on the form itself based on the filter…
Any suggestions?
David
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This works like a charm:
[for each=whatever current=true order=ASC] [set test][each count][/set] [if var=test value='0' compare=more] [each name] [/if] [/for]Compare this to your code to see the difference:
[for each=property-city order=ASC current=true] [set validitem][each count][/set] [-if var=validitem compare=”>” value=0] -> WHY A NESTED IF [-if] ? [set taxtitle][field name][/set] -> DO YOU HAVE A FIELD CALLED NAME? [/-if]My [-if] is nested only because it is running inside of another if statement in my code, but obviously not needed to be that way otherwise.
– I have the form before the loop with a select called [filter] and each option value as [each id] from the taxonomy.
– Then in the loop I’m passing [filter] to an [if] so that it only shows results that match the [filter].This works, but what I really want to do is:
1) Within the loop create a variable [validcities] for each property-city within the search results.
2) Pass that variable into the form select [filter] as each <option> in the form.
3) In the loop if a user sets a [filter] from the form, limit the results of the search to the selected [filter].I see how your code works, but not sure how I would pass back into the form…? I think your code would need to be something like this —
[for each=whatever current=true order=ASC]
[set test][each count][/set]
[if var=test value=’0′ compare=more]
[set validcity][each id][/set]
[/if]
[/for]Then how do i pass back into the [form] —- something like this?
[pass global=_GET field=validcity]
[form action=]
<i class=”fa fa-street-view” aria-hidden=”true”></i> I’m looking for a home in:
[select name=filter]
[for each=property-city field=name order=ASC]
[set taxidlist][each id]
[if var=validcity compare=”exists”]
[-if var=taxidlist compare=”=” value='{VALIDCITY}’]
<option value=[each id]>[each]</option>
[/-if]
[else]
<option value=[each id]>[each]</option>
[/for]
[/select][input type=submit]
[/form]
[/pass]You have to know the syntax.
[if var=validcity compare=”exists”]is wrong -> correct =[if var=validcity][-if var=taxidlist compare=”=” value='{VALIDCITY}’]is wrong -> correct[-if var=taxidlist value='{VALIDCITY}’][set taxidlist][each id]is wrong -> correct[set taxidlist][each id][/set]As long your syntax is wrong the code will not run.
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