Matching arrays in elastic search - elasticsearch

Question

I have document as below:
{
"_index": "abc_local",
"_type": "users",
"_id": "1",
"_version": 5,
"found": true,
"_source": {
"firstname": "simer",
"lastname": "kaur",
"gender": "1",
"Address": "Punjab House Fed. Housing Society, Amritsar, Punjab, India",
"email": "rav#yopmail.com",
"occupation": "Php Developer",
"work": "Development",
"fav_hunting_land": 2,
"zipcode": "",
"marital_status": "1",
"phone": "1234567899",
"school": "sdfergdfh",
"species": [{
"id": 1
}, {
"id": 2
}, {
"id": 3
}, {
"id": 4
}, {
"id": 5
}, {
"id": 6
}],
"activities": [{
"id": 1
}],
"fav_weapon": 6,
"weapons": [{
"id": 1
}, {
"id": 2
}, {
"id": 3
}, {
"id": 6
}],
"properties": [{
"id": 4
}]
}
}
and I need to match user on basis of weapons and I am trying something like:
$params = [
'index' => Constants::INDEX,
'type' => Constants::DOC_TYPE_USERS,
'body' => [
"query"=> [
"bool"=> [
"must"=> [ "match"=> [ "weapons.id"=>$params['weapons'] ]],
"should"=> [
[ "match"=> [ "firstname"=> $params['search_text'] ]],
[ "match"=> [ "lastname"=> $params['search_text'] ]]
]
]
]
]
];
as I am using elastic in PHP. Here $params['weapons'] is:
array (size=2)
0 => string '1' (length=1)
1 => string '2' (length=1)
I get an error:
illegal_state_exception: Can't get text on a START_ARRAY at 1:36
Any suggestions/help would be appreciated that how I can match array. I took reference from nested datatypes
Update#1:
parameters I am sending to my function: {"from":0,"size":null,"city":null,"state":"0","weapons":["1","2"],"activities":[],"species":[],"properties":[],"search_text":"lastname"}
update#2:
Body of my query in json format:
{
"index": "abc_local",
"type": "users",
"body": {
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": {
"match": {
"weapons.id": ["1", "2"]
}
},
"should": [{
"match": {
"firstname": "simer"
}
}, {
"match": {
"lastname": "simer"
}
}]
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

You can simply replace the first match query by a terms one as match doesn't work with arrays of values.
$params = [
'index' => Constants::INDEX,
'type' => Constants::DOC_TYPE_USERS,
'body' => [
"query"=> [
"bool"=> [
"must"=> [ "terms"=> [ "weapons.id"=>$params['weapons'] ]],
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"should"=> [
[ "match"=> [ "firstname"=> $params['search_text'] ]],
[ "match"=> [ "lastname"=> $params['search_text'] ]]
]
]
]
]
];

Answer 2

if u want to check if any value from array matches to field from index then you have to "terms" instead of match.
{
"index": "abc_local",
"type": "users",
"body": {
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": {
"terms": {
"weapons.id": ["1", "2"]
}
},
"should": [{
"match": {
"firstname": "simer"
}
}, {
"match": {
"lastname": "simer"
}
}]
}
}
}
}
refer "Terms Level Query" in ElasticSearch docs.