By samohtwerdna on

Hello,

I am working on a Drupal site that has a advanced search for doctors based on "zip". The problem is that it will only return an exact match. I need to code it so that it will check for exact matches - then if none found - check for approximate match etc.

does anyone know how to get started with this/ point me in the right direction?

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runssl commented

Do you not have a drop down box like this? http://www.adoptionagencyratings.com/search/location
That has the distance you want to search.

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samohtwerdna commented

Nope no drop down. I just have a place to enter the zip code and a "submit" button.

My situation is a little unique because I have three search forms stacked on top of each other. each has a different focus for searching ( e.g. Search for Doctor; Search for Clinic; Search for therapist )

My client wants some results to come back even if the nearest zip - code is a 50+ miles away.

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samohtwerdna commented

How did you get the search by location setup? is that a Drupal module??

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runssl commented

Yes it is a Drupal module called Location :-) http://drupal.org/project/location
More details about the site http://drupal.org/node/206397

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samohtwerdna commented

did you have to add an argument handling code to have the search work?

I saw this code as and example

global $user;
$view->filter[0][value] = $user->location['postal_code'];

But this uses the "users" profile - I want to use the postal code in the views. So what would my $xxxx be?

global $wildcard; //what should this be?
$view->filter[0][value] = $wildcard->location['postal_code'];

Not sure how to set this up.

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runssl commented

I do not recall any custom coding. Just installed the Google map modules and location. Did not realise it was even a option until I worked on the site and noticed the search by location option. I installed the module so I could import nodes with addresses from another database.

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