Join 2 search queries in wordpress Ajax function - wordpress

Question

Hi I have tried everything to join the results of a common search with a sku search but nothing seems to work , it will either show the common search or the sku, not both, any help woulf be appreciated
if (!function_exists('yolo_result_search_callback')) {
function yolo_result_search_callback() {
ob_start();
$yolo_options = yolo_get_options();
$posts_per_page = 8;
if (isset($yolo_options['search_box_result_amount']) && !empty($yolo_options['search_box_result_amount'])) {
$posts_per_page = $yolo_options['search_box_result_amount'];
}
$post_type = array();
if (isset($yolo_options['search_box_post_type']) && is_array($yolo_options['search_box_post_type'])) {
foreach($yolo_options['search_box_post_type'] as $key => $value) {
if ($value == 1) {
$post_type[] = $key;
}
}
}
$keyword = $_REQUEST['keyword'];
if ( $keyword ) {
$search_query = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => '_sku',
'value' => $keyword,
'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page + 1,
'compare' => 'LIKE',
'relation' => 'OR',
)
)
);
$search_query = array(
's' => $keyword,
'order' => 'DESC',
'orderby' => 'date',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => $post_type,
'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page + 1,
);
$search = new WP_Query($search_query);
$newdata = array();
if ($search && count($search->post) > 0) {
$count = 0;
foreach ( $search->posts as $post ) {
if ($count == $posts_per_page) {
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => -2,
'title' => '<i class="wicon icon-outline-vector-icons-pack-94"></i> ' . esc_html__('View More','yolo-motor') . '',
'guid' => '',
'date' => null,
);
break;
}
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => $post->ID,
'title' => $post->post_title,
'guid' => get_permalink( $post->ID ),
'date' => mysql2date( 'M d Y', $post->post_date ),
);
$count++;
}
}
else {
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => -1,
'title' => esc_html__( 'Sorry, but nothing matched your search criteria. Please try again with some different keywords.', 'yolo-motor' ),
'guid' => '',
'date' => null,
);
}
ob_end_clean();
echo json_encode( $newdata );
}
die(); // this is required to return a proper result
}
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_result_search', 'yolo_result_search_callback' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_result_search', 'yolo_result_search_callback' );
}

Answer 1

After playing around all day, I came up with the solution, maybe it can help someone else
if (!function_exists('yolo_result_search_callback')) {
function yolo_result_search_callback() {
ob_start();
$yolo_options = yolo_get_options();
$posts_per_page = 8;
if (isset($yolo_options['search_box_result_amount']) && !empty($yolo_options['search_box_result_amount'])) {
$posts_per_page = $yolo_options['search_box_result_amount'];
}
$post_type = array();
if (isset($yolo_options['search_box_post_type']) && is_array($yolo_options['search_box_post_type'])) {
foreach($yolo_options['search_box_post_type'] as $key => $value) {
if ($value == 1) {
$post_type[] = $key;
}
}
}
$keyword = $_REQUEST['keyword'];
if ( $keyword ) {
$search_query = array(
'post_type' => $post_type,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => '_sku',
'value' => $keyword,
'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page + 1,
'compare' => 'LIKE',
'relation' => 'OR',
)
)
);
$search_query1 = array(
's' => $keyword,
'order' => 'DESC',
'orderby' => 'date',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => $post_type,
'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page + 1,
);
$search = new WP_Query($search_query);
$search1 = new WP_Query($search_query1);
$newdata = array();
if ($search && count($search->post) > 0) {
$count = 0;
foreach ( $search->posts as $post ) {
if ($count == $posts_per_page) {
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => -2,
'title' => '<i class="wicon icon-outline-vector-icons-pack-94"></i> ' . esc_html__('View More','yolo-motor') . '',
'guid' => '',
'date' => null,
);
break;
}
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => $post->ID,
'title' => $post->post_title,
'guid' => get_permalink( $post->ID ),
'date' => mysql2date( 'M d Y', $post->post_date ),
);
$count++;
}
}
else {
if ($search1 && count($search1->post) > 0) {
$count = 0;
foreach ( $search1->posts as $post ) {
if ($count == $posts_per_page) {
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => -2,
'title' => '<i class="wicon icon-outline-vector-icons-pack-94"></i> ' . esc_html__('View More','yolo-motor') . '',
'guid' => '',
'date' => null,
);
break;
}
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => $post->ID,
'title' => $post->post_title,
'guid' => get_permalink( $post->ID ),
'date' => mysql2date( 'M d Y', $post->post_date ),
);
$count++;
}
}
else {
$newdata[] = array(
'id' => -1,
'title' => esc_html__( 'Sorry, but nothing matched your search criteria. Please try again with some different keywords.', 'yolo-motor' ),
'guid' => '',
'date' => null,
);
}
}
ob_end_clean();
echo json_encode( $newdata );
}
die(); // this is required to return a proper result
}
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_result_search', 'yolo_result_search_callback' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_result_search', 'yolo_result_search_callback' );
}