wp_query for select field with multiple values?

  • webcomm

    (@webcomm)


    10 years, 5 months ago

    Can someone post an example of a query that has a meta_query for a custom select field with multiple values? Here’s my attempt, which doesn’t work…

    $args = array(
	'posts_per_page' => 3,
	'meta_query' => array(
		array(
			'key' => 'myfieldname',
			'value' => array('myvalue'),
			'compare' => 'IN',
		),
	),
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
var_dump($query->have_posts()); // Returns false :(

    Thanks

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  • Thread Starter webcomm

    (@webcomm)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Here’s the solution, which I find quite strange:

    $args = array(
	'posts_per_page' => 3,
	'meta_query' => array(
		'relation' => 'OR',
		array(
			'key' => 'myfieldname',
			'value' => 'myvalue',
			'compare' => 'LIKE',
		),
	),
);
$query = new WP_Query($args);
var_dump($query->have_posts());

    Surprisingly unintuitive that “LIKE” would be used here. One would definitely not use a LIKE query if coding something like this from scratch with PHP/MySQL.

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