Hello swalky,
As far I know, the only way is to create a “Drop Down Select Box” profile field and manually enter the options from 18 to 99.
When you use that field in a BP Profile Search form, you’ll get the search modes ‘is’ and ‘is one of’. In order to get the ‘range’ search mode, add this code to bp-custom.php:
add_filter ('bps_xprofile_format', 'change_format', 10, 2);
function change_format ($default, $field_id)
{
if ($field_id == 143) return 'decimal';
return $default;
}
Additionally, if you wish to show the age range search field as two drop-downs instead of two input boxes, add this code to bp-custom.php:
add_action ('bps_field_before_search_form', 'change_display');
function change_display ($f)
{
if ($f->code == 'field_143' && $f->display == 'range')
{
$f->display = 'range-select';
$f->options = array ('' => '') + $f->options;
}
}
Replace 143 with the actual field ID of your Age field.
Thread Starter
swalky
(@swalky)
Thank you @dontdream for providing the snippets. Please could you confirm how i can access the ‘bp-custom.php:’ file through the wp-admin dashboard, as i’m not using an FTP file manager?
I cannot see the file under BuddyPress plugin files.
Thread Starter
swalky
(@swalky)
Also, where do i find the field i.D?
Hi swalky,
The bp-custom.php file is in the wp-content/plugins directory, you can create it yourself if you don’t have one.
Unfortunately bp-custom.php can’t be seen from your dashboard Plugin Editor, but you can add the code snippets in your theme’s functions.php as well.
To get a field ID, go to Users -> Profile Fields in your dashboard, and Edit your field. The field ID will then be visible in your browser’s address bar, it’s the last field in the page URL.
Thread Starter
swalky
(@swalky)
Hi @dontdream, i have created the bp-custom.php file and added it via ftp to the plugins directory, it contains the following text:
“<?php
//
add_action (‘bps_field_before_search_form’, ‘change_display’);
function change_display ($f)
{
if ($f->code == ‘field_4235’ && $f->display == ‘range’)
{
$f->display = ‘range-select’;
$f->options = array (” => ”) + $f->options;
}
}”
This unfortunately did not fix the issue and so i followed step 2 of your instructions and tried adding it to the functions.php instead, but received this error message:
“Your PHP code changes were rolled back due to an error on line 1579 of file wp-content/themes/gwangi/functions.php. Please fix and try saving again.
syntax error, unexpected end of file”
Hi swalky,
You should add *both* the code snippets to bp-custom.php, please try again and let me know if that works for you.
Thread Starter
swalky
(@swalky)
Hi @dontdream
My bp-custom.php file now contains the combined snippets:
“<?php
//
add_filter (‘bps_xprofile_format’, ‘change_format’, 10, 2);
function change_format ($default, $field_id)
{
if ($field_id == 4235) return ‘decimal’;
return $default;
}
add_action (‘bps_field_before_search_form’, ‘change_display’);
function change_display ($f)
{
if ($f->code == ‘field_4235’ && $f->display == ‘range’)
{
$f->display = ‘range-select’;
$f->options = array (” => ”) + $f->options;
}
}”
unfortunately, this has not fixed the issue?
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This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by
swalky.
Did you select the search mode ‘range’ in your search form?
Thread Starter
swalky
(@swalky)
Can you please explain what you mean by range? I have implemented 18-99 as a search field in the drop down box.
When you create a search form in Users -> Profile Search, and you add your Age search field in the Form Fields box, you have to select range from the Search Mode drop-down.
Thread Starter
swalky
(@swalky)
There is no range option from what i can see?
View screenshot here
Should i change to date selector as that gives a range option then?
Thread Starter
swalky
(@swalky)
Oooh sorry you meant the ‘Profile Search’ page 🙂 i have changed to the range option and this has now resolved the issue.
Thansk!
Your screenshot is from Users -> Profile Fields, you should go to Users -> Profile Search instead and follow my latest post above.
Sorry I replied before seeing your latest post!
Great to know all is working now 🙂
