[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38025: Query networks with meta_query

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#38025: Query networks with meta_query
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 Reporter:  johnjamesjacoby          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Networks and Sites       |     Version:  4.6
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  multisite
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Comment (by spacedmonkey):

 I little back story on this one for anyone new to the ticket. @flixos90 's
 orignal patch did have the meta query in it, but pretty late in the
 ticket, I asked for it to be removed. There were issues with cache
 invalidation when you changed the network option. It meant for example,
 you changed site 2 network option "name" from test to example, the query
 with a meta query, will still return site 2 for a meta query for "test".
 It was removed in hopes to put it back in later.

 My personal view is the network options (that are formatted as site
 network meta in the db) should be treated like other object types meta. I
 have a ticket #37181 open to change in the internals of the
 *_network_options functions to use the metadata api. I know this is a big
 change, but opens a lot of doors in the future. Until we decide what is
 happening with how network options are thought of in core, this ticket
 will not progress.

 I believe that @flixos90 & @johnjamesjacoby and myself have made our
 feelings clear about making network option more like meta. But I know that
 @jeremyfelt had his issues with the idea. Would like if we worked on this
 ticket in 4.8

 Related: #37181

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