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Search in trash reference

When you search for content items that are held in trash, you can apply only a limited subset of Search Criteria and Sort Clauses which can be used by Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\TrashService::findTrashItems. Some sort clauses are exclusive to trash search.

Search Criteria

Criterion Description
ContentName Find content items by their name
ContentTypeId Find content items by their Content Type ID
DateMetadata Find content items by metadata dates. Can use the additional exclusive target DateMetadata::TRASHED for trash-specific searches
MatchAll Match all content items (no filtering)
MatchNone Match no content items (filter out all)
SectionId Find content items by their Section ID
UserMetadata Find content items by user metadata (creator or modifier)

Logical operators

Operator Description
LogicalAnd Composite criterion to group multiple criteria using the AND condition
LogicalNot Negate the result of the wrapped criterion
LogicalOr Composite criterion to group multiple criteria using the OR condition

Sort Clauses

Name Description
ContentName Sort by content item name
ContentTypeName Sort by Content Type name
DateTrashed Sort by the date when content was moved to trash (exclusive to trash search)
Depth Sort by the original depth in the content tree
Path Sort by the original path in the content tree
Priority Sort by content item priority
SectionName Sort by Section name
UserLogin Sort by the login of the user who created the content

The following example shows how you can use the criteria and sort clauses to find trashed content items:

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use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Query;
use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Query\Criterion;
use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Query\SortClause;

$query = new Query();
$query->filter = new Criterion\LogicalAnd([
    new Criterion\ContentTypeId([2]), // Articles
    new Criterion\DateMetadata(
        Criterion\DateMetadata::TRASHED,
        Criterion\Operator::GTE,
        strtotime('-30 days')
    )
]);

$query->sortClauses = [
    new SortClause\Trash\DateTrashed(Query::SORT_DESC),
    new SortClause\ContentName(Query::SORT_ASC),
    new SortClause\Trash\ContentTypeName(Query::SORT_ASC)
];

// Search for articles trashed in the last 30 days
// Results will be sorted by date trashed (most recent first),
// then by content name and Content Type name (alphabetically)
$results = $trashService->findTrashItems($query);