[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20487: Comment search isn't customizable

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#20487: Comment search isn't customizable
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 Reporter:  brokentone             |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments               |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch has-patch  |
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Comment (by scribu):

 > It will be difficult to design a plugin to have a similar UX without
 greater core support. I would have to create a separate page to host the
 advanced search form

 You can modify it via JavaScript.

 > When an admin clicks on the IP address of a comment, the logical outcome
 would be to do an exact search on only the comment_author_IP field. The
 expectation would not be to look for the IP as a string within author
 emails, comment text, etc. Having the functionality in the objects can
 allow this logical outcome even without an advanced search form.

 WP_User_Query restricts what fields are searched based on the search
 string:

 {{{
 $search_columns = array();
 if ( $qv['search_columns'] )
         $search_columns = array_intersect( $qv['search_columns'], array(
 'ID', 'user_login', 'user_email', 'user_url', 'user_nicename' ) );
 if ( ! $search_columns ) {
         if ( false !== strpos( $search, '@') )
                 $search_columns = array('user_email');
         elseif ( is_numeric($search) )
                 $search_columns = array('user_login', 'ID');
         elseif ( preg_match('|^https?://|', $search) && !
 wp_is_large_network( 'users' ) )
                 $search_columns = array('user_url');
         else
                 $search_columns = array('user_login', 'user_nicename');
 }
 }}}

 Maybe we can do something similar here.

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