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select_advanced search in custom fields of custom table?

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  • February 23, 2022 at 2:54 AM #34060
    Paul de JongPaul de Jong
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    I have a CPT A with custom fields 'first_name' and 'last_name'. They are stored in a custom table.

    I have a different CPT B, also stored in a custom table, with a custom field that selects a post from CPT A via a select_advanced. CPT A has no title, so if I search in the select_advanced of CPT B I only get a result when I type 'Auto Draft'.

    I already added a rwmb_{field_id}_choice_label filter so it shows the correct labels, but I can't search in them.

    How can I change the select_advanced search box so I can search in 'first_name' and 'last_name'?

    February 23, 2022 at 5:49 PM #34075
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
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    Hi Paul,

    If you want to search the post by custom field value stored in the custom table, please follow this documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-custom-table/#query-posts-with-wp_query

    You might need to create AJAX to call a PHP function to process the field value and return the post.

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