Search Box

deinhard

#38714

I have used the free version of your plugin. It was easy to modify the SEARCH BOX:

/* SEARCH BOX */
if((isset($_POST[SF_FPRE.’search’]))&&($this->has_form_posted))
{
$this->searchterm = trim(stripslashes($_POST[SF_FPRE.’search’]));
/*Additional Row*/
$this->searchterm = substr($_POST[SF_FPRE.’search’], 0, 4 );
…

Because the search should only consider/ extract the first 4 parts of the search string.

I cannot find an equivalent code for the search box in the pro version.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

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deinhard

#38788

No hint / tip many thanks

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Ross Moderator

#38917

Hi there

If you must edit the query best not to hack the plugin directly 😉

Instead, you can use the filter sf_edit_query_args – which allows you to change any of the parameters that are passed to the query:

https://www.designsandcode.com/documentation/search-filter-pro/action-filter-reference/#Edit_Query_Arguments

If you lower the priority to say 20:

add_filter( 'sf_edit_query_args', 'filter_function_name', 20, 2 );

This will happen after S&F has setup the query.

This means you should be able to access the object like:

function filter_function_name( $query_args, $sfid ) {
	
	//if search form ID = 225, the do something with this query
	if($sfid==225)
	{
		//modify $query_args here before returning it
                
		//here you can limit the length of 's' which is the search term
		$query_args['s'] = "overwritten search term";
	}
	
	return $query_args;
}

Thanks

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