way to filter out latitude/longitude/numerical values via Post Meta tab?

Anonymous

#224712

So I have read that you all are working on geolocation and ACF Google Maps integration in v3.

I was experimenting with a dropdown post_meta selector for the location field (ACF Google Maps field)

It shows the cities for each post in the dropdown (awesome!) but it also includes the latitude/longitudes as options.

I’m wondering if there’s a way to use the “Post Meta” tab options as a workaround, to filter out numerical values, but I’m not clear on what the options mean. For example, how would I use the options such as “exists/not exists”, or “like/not like”?

No worries if this just won’t work. I just want a better understanding of how to utilize these options.

If I can’t figure it out, I’ll probably change the ACF field to a text field for entering city/state.

P.S. I said it in another post, but thanks so much for responding quickly to all my questions. I know I’ve had a lot!

Trevor

#224801

You would need to write some PHP and use this filter:

https://searchandfilter.com/documentation/action-filter-reference/#filter-input-object

Anonymous

#224820

Would you be able to give me an example of how i could do this to exclude coordinates? There’s a lot to unpack there. It looks like I’d need to loop through the $input_object["options"] array?

Maybe use some regex? Thoughts?

Trevor

#224826

I can’t give you a specific snippet, but there may be some on our forum. But, yes, looping through the array and matching would be the way to go.

This search will find many:

https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/search/sf_input_object_pre+input_object+return/

Anonymous

#224840

How can I apply this filter? Sorry, still learning as I go. I’ve got the filter I want I believe, just need to know how to implement it on my specific form.

Trevor

#224851

It is quite complex. It runs in the child theme functions.php file. Write something simple and get that working first (like add a character to the start of each string), and work up from there.

Anonymous

#224853

I guess what I need to know is what to input as the $input_object when applying the filter using apply_filter()

What would $input_object be? How do I access the input object for this event?

I have the filter written and I think it’ll work.

Trevor

#224857

$input_object is a variable used only in that code, so you don’t alter that. It is set by you changing _my_field_name in this line:

if($input_object['name']=='_my_field_name')

Anonymous

#224859

so to implement, would it be something like apply_filter('my_filter_name', 'my_field_name', <SF id>) ?

my question is that the filter accepts 2 args, input_object and form id. so what would be my input_object arg?

Trevor

#224867

What is the ID of the form and what is the field name?

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