Title: Custom_query
Last modified: June 19, 2019

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# Custom_query

 *  [neuropunker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neuropunker/)
 * (@neuropunker)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom_query/)
 * Is it possible to use arrays in a custom query?
 * Let’s say i have such an array
 *  ‘meta_query’ => array(
    ‘key’ => ‘sorting’, ‘value’ => 0, ), Can I write it 
   in the query string?
 * tried to write like this:
 * meta_query[]key=sorting&meta_query[]value=0

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 *  Plugin Author [nK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nko/)
 * (@nko)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom_query/#post-11674609)
 * Hi.
 * We use `parse_str` PHP function to convert string query to an array, so you can
   use it.
 * Make sure you prepared `meta_query` properly (array of arrays):
 *     ```
       array(
       	'meta_query' => array(
       		array(
       			'key'     => 'sorting',
       			'value'   => 0,
       		),
       	),
       ),
       ```
   
 *     ```
       Regards, nK.
       ```
   

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