Invalid quantity Average no. of results

Hello @onix777 ,

Thank you for reaching out.

This usually happens when the plugin you are using for search uses a completely custom function for searching and doesn’t use the WordPress flow for this.

Can you give me the name of the plugin to see if I can replicate the issue and, why not, come up with a solution for you?

Thank you!

I use custom code to search by custom fields. Apparently you need to somehow pass the postfound value to your variable.

<?php 
if (0==0){
?>
<p><strong>CВЕДЕНИЯ О ТРАНСПОРТНОМ СРЕДСТВЕ:</strong></p>

<form action="/searchdtp/" method="get" id="searchdtp">
<p><input required type="text" name="vin" value="" placeholder="VIN или Номер кузова"></p>
<p>
<input id="zapvin" type="submit" class="button" value="Запросить" onclick="ym(24241753,'reachGoal','zapvin'); return true;" /> 
</p>
</form>

<?php 
$postfound=0;

for ($x=1; $x<5; $x++) {

$args = array('post_type' => 'post', 
'category_name' => 'avarii',
'meta_query' => array(
        array(
            'key' => 'avto'.$x.'_vin',
            'value' => $_GET['vin'],
            ),        
   ),
);
query_posts( $args ); ?> 

<?php admired_content_nav( 'nav-above' ); ?>
?????? 
<?php  

$err=$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$err = substr($err, -1);
$wp_query->max_num_pages=1;

while (have_posts() and $err!='/') : the_post(); $postfound=1;?>

<?php get_template_part( 'loop', get_post_format() ); ?>
					
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>						

<?php /* Display navigation when applicable */ ?>
				<?php if (  $wp_query->max_num_pages > 1 ) : ?>
				<?php /* add page navigation to indexes */ ?>
				<?php if (function_exists("admired_pagination")) {
					admired_pagination($wp_query->max_num_pages);
				} 
				endif; ?>			
<?php 
} 
?> <!-- endfor-->				

$err=$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$err = substr($err, -1);

 if ( $postfound != 1 and $err!='/') : ?>?				

				<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
					<div class="entry-content">
						<p><strong><?php _e( 'Ничего не найдено. Попробуйте снова.', 'admired' ); ?></strong></p>						
					</div><!-- .entry-content -->
				</article><!-- #post-0 -->
<?php endif; 

}				

Got it! Thank you for the snippet.

What I can see here is that you are running the search by overriding the main $wp_query which, in this case, I would not do that.

I have made some changes to your code snippet, so it uses a completely custom query for searching through the VIN entries without altering the main $wp_query.

Also, I added the wp_reset_postdata() function after your loop, so the global $post is not altered after exiting the loop: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/wp_reset_postdata/

Another thing, I changed the $postfound variable to $posts_found where we add all the found posts coming from the for loop. That way we can store the search with the number of total found posts (.just like a regular search would ) using the following function:

if ( class_exists( 'MWTSA_Process_Query' ) ) {
    (new MWTSA_Process_Query())->process_search_term( $vin, $found_posts );
}

Here is the complete code from after the form display

<?php
    $posts_found = 0;
    $vin = sanitize_text_field($_GET['vin']);

    for ( $x = 1; $x < 5; $x ++ ) {
        $args = array(
	    'post_type'     => 'post',
	    'category_name' => 'avarii',
	    'meta_query'    => array(
                array(
		    'key'   => 'avto' . $x . '_vin',
		    'value' => $vin,
		),
	    ),
	);

        $custom_query = new WP_Query();
	$custom_query->query( $args ); 

        admired_content_nav( 'nav-above' );

	$err = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
	$err = substr( $err, - 1 );

	$custom_query->max_num_pages = 1;
        $posts_found += $custom_query->found_posts;

	while ( $custom_query->have_posts() and $err != '/' ) : $custom_query->the_post(); ?>

	    <?php get_template_part( 'loop', get_post_format() ); ?>

	<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>	

        <?php /* Display navigation when applicable */ ?>
	<?php if ( $custom_query->max_num_pages > 1 ) : ?>
            <?php /* add page navigation to indexes */ ?>
	    <?php if ( function_exists( "admired_pagination" ) ) {
                admired_pagination( $custom_query->max_num_pages );
	    }
	endif; ?>    
    <?php
    } /* endfor */

    wp_reset_postdata();

    if ( class_exists( 'MWTSA_Process_Query' ) ) {
	(new MWTSA_Process_Query())->process_search_term( $vin, $posts_found );
    }

    $err=$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
    $err = substr($err, -1);

    if ( $posts_found === 0 and $err!='/') : ?>

        <article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
            <div class="entry-content">
                <p><strong><?php _e( 'Ничего не найдено. Попробуйте снова.', 'admired' ); ?></strong></p>
            </div><!-- .entry-content -->
        </article><!-- #post-0 -->
    <?php endif;

I tested this with a custom query on my end and it worked as expected. Again, very important to remove the vin from the custom search query setting.

Please let me know how that went.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Cornel Raiu.

Works great now! Thank you very much!

Great! Glad I could help!

If you found my plugin useful, please post a review.
That’s the way you can help the plugin grow.

Thank you!

Cornel Raiu