Answers.Body: <p>As far as I know (please correct me if I missed something) you can only search for the entire matrix by <code>matrixField:value</code> and not certain fields within your matrix since the table <code>searchindexes</code> only contains the id of the matrix field itself, not the id of the field inside the matrix.</p>
  
  <p>However: you could create a <code>Query</code> from your <code>ElementCriteriaModel</code> in PHP via</p>
  
  <pre><code>$command = craft()-&gt;elements-&gt;buildElementsQuery($criteria);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Join your matrixblock table as well as your matrixblock content table</p>
  
  <pre><code>$command-&gt;join("your matrixTable", "matrixTable.ownerId = elements.id");
  $command-&gt;join("your matrixContentTable", "matrixContentTable.elementId = matrixTable.id");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And search for your field with a <code>where</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>$command-&gt;andWhere('MyAwesomeField LIKE %whatever%');
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>Can’t believe this is the first time I’ve had to do this, but I need to search a field inside a matrix and I can’t find any documentation on this. Craft 2 if that matters. I had hoped something like </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>craft.entries.search('matrixField:field:value')</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>would work but doesn’t seem to. Anyone help me out?</p>
  
Tags: <matrix>
Title: Searching Matrix field
ThreadText: # Searching Matrix field
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-21)
  
  Can’t believe this is the first time I’ve had to do this, but I need to search a field inside a matrix and I can’t find any documentation on this. Craft 2 if that matters. I had hoped something like
  
  > craft.entries.search('matrixField:field:value')
  
  would work but doesn’t seem to. Anyone help me out?
  
  **Tags:** matrix
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-21. Score: 1
  
  As far as I know (please correct me if I missed something) you can only search for the entire matrix by `matrixField:value` and not certain fields within your matrix since the table `searchindexes` only contains the id of the matrix field itself, not the id of the field inside the matrix.
  
  However: you could create a `Query` from your `ElementCriteriaModel` in PHP via
  
  ```
  $command = craft()->elements->buildElementsQuery($criteria);
  
  ```
  
  Join your matrixblock table as well as your matrixblock content table
  
  ```
  $command->join("your matrixTable", "matrixTable.ownerId = elements.id");
  $command->join("your matrixContentTable", "matrixContentTable.elementId = matrixTable.id");
  
  ```
  
  And search for your field with a `where`
  
  ```
  $command->andWhere('MyAwesomeField LIKE %whatever%');
  
  ```
  
  
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