How to search string that "begins with"

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Last updated by tisonK 4 years, 9 months ago.

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April 13, 2020 at 6:57 pm #1584331

tisonK

Tell us what you are trying to do?
Search one of the fields using "begins with" rather than 'like'. So client wants to find all Addresses that begin with X (eg if they search 300, they want to see all addresses starting with 300, "300 main st, 300 south ave, etc" not 4300 main st.

Is there any documentation that you are following?
Can't find any on this.

Is there a similar example that we can see?

What is the link to your site?
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April 13, 2020 at 7:16 pm #1584355

tisonK

All,

Thankfully this ticket from 5 years ago still works.

To do a 'begins with' search you have to patch the wpv_filter_query:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/add-option-to-filter-based-on-a-string-that-starts-with-or-ends-with/