meilisearch / meilisearch/meilisearch-php
Improve DX for writing filters
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 757
- Forks
- 125
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Description
<?php
// the code below will never work.
$params = [
'filter' => ['category_id' => $params['category_id']],
]
// it will only work if you set the exact value like:
$params = [
'filter' => ["category_id=20"],
]
meilisearch-php version 1.15.0
meilisearch version 1.13.2
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported filter behavior with the PHP examples against Meilisearch 1.13.2, then trace how the client handles the filter parameter. Done means a dynamically supplied category_id produces a valid filter instead of requiring the literal category_id=20 form.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100