Location Search

Hi David,

Pretty sure this is because when using the taxonomy name in the search query string e.g. wpbb_job_location WordPress expects to receive a term slug not a term name.

For example if you try search for new-york you should get the jobs in New York. Therefore you could change the input for that field from a text input to a select input and the values of the options would be the term slugs.

@dabeecher, did you ever find a solution to the search? If so would you please mind sharing?

Thanks

@wackyracer8 we offer a search plugin for sale which adds search capability to the WP Broadbean plugin.

https://store.highrise.digital/downloads/wp-broadbean-search/

@wackyracer8 I just hooked upto the search query and amended it so I could do it with the full name…

I’ve added my code below which worked for me

function advanced_search_query($query) {

	if($query->is_search()) {
		
		if (!empty($_GET['search_location'])):
			$slug = str_replace(" ", "-", $_GET['search_location']);
			$tax_query = array(
				 array(
				    'taxonomy'=>'wpbb_job_location',
				    'field'=> 'slug' ,
				    'terms'=>  $slug,
				 ),
			);

			$query->set('tax_query',$tax_query);
		endif;

		return $query;
	}
}

add_action('pre_get_posts', 'advanced_search_query', 1000);

Just a quick tip – you should never be using $_GET parameters raw. They should always be checked first using the WordPress sanitization function. Therefore replace:

$slug = str_replace(" ", "-", $_GET['search_location'] );

With this:

$slug = str_replace(" ", "-", sanitize_text_field( $_GET['search_location'] ) );

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by Mark Wilkinson.

@dabeecher Cheers, that has worked a treat. Top man.