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    $files->filterBy()

    Alias for Kirby\Toolkit\Collection::filter

    $files->filterBy(mixed ...$args = null): Kirby\Cms\Files

    Parameters

    Name Type Default
    ... $args mixed null

    Return type

    Kirby\Cms\Files

    This method does not modify the existing $files object but returns a new object with the changes applied. Learn more →

    Parent class

    Kirby\Cms\Files inherited from Kirby\Toolkit\Collection

    Values for $args

    $args can be a string, true, false or a combination of a filter method and an argument. In case of the in or not in filters, the third argument must be an array.

    Examples

    // filter by extension
$images = $page->images()->filterBy('extension', 'jpg');

// filter by custom field value
$images = $page->images()->filterBy('gallery', 'gallery-2');

// filter by filenames containing a string
$files = $page->files()->filterBy('filename', '*=', '-document');

// filter all types except documents
$files = $page->files()->filterBy('type', '!=', 'document');

// filter all files that have a template assigned
$files = $page->files()->filterBy('template', true);

    Available filter methods

    Method Function
    == all values that match exactly
    != all values that don't match
    in takes an array as parameter, matches all values that are included in the array
    not in takes an array as parameter, matches all values that are not included in the array
    > all values that are greater than the given value
    >= all values that are greater or equal the given value
    < all values that are smaller than the given value
    <= all values that are smaller or equal the given value
    *= all values that contain the given string
    !*= all values that don't contain the given string
    ^= all values that start with the given string
    !^= all values that don't start with the given string
    $= all values that end with the given string
    !$= all values that don't end with the given string
    * all values that match the given regular expression
    !* all values that don't match the given regular expression
    between or .. takes an array as parameter with two parameters; first is the min value, second is the max value
    maxlength all values that have the given maximum length
    minlength all values that have the given minimum length
    maxwords all values that have the given maximum amount of words
    minwords all values that have the given minimum amount of words
    date == all date values that exactly match the given date string
    date != all date values that don't match the given date string
    date > all date values that are later than the given date string
    date >= all date values that are later or equal the given date string
    date < all date values that are earlier than the given date string
    date <= all date values that are earlier or equal the given date string
    date between or date .. all date values that are between the given date strings

    More information

    Filtering compendium