# I want to achieve conditional query in elastic search as described

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-achieve-conditional-query-in-elastic-search-as-described/243431
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 1, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-achieve-conditional-query-in-elastic-search-as-described/243431 "2020-08-01T17:08:08Z")
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### Author: ![Saumya\_Mishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saumya_mishra/32/47173_2.png) [@Saumya\_Mishra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saumya_Mishra)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-achieve-conditional-query-in-elastic-search-as-described/243431/1 "2020-08-01T17:08:08Z")

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```auto
/*
I want to achieve this kind of conditional query in ElasticSearch using PHP client library, 
I want to execute the match clause(In ElasticSearch) only if the the value is set or if there is some value
*/
$sql="select * from tab_client_details where 1";
      if($data['bill']) $sql .= " and txt_bill_no='".$data['bill']."'";
      if($data['empid']) $sql .= " and int_employee_id='".$data['empid']."'";
      if($data['start_date']) $sql .= " and dt_date>='".$data['start_date']."'";
      if($data['end_date']) $sql .= " and dt_date<='".$data['end_date']."'";
      if($data['token']) $sql .= " and token in ('ABXPO1', 'ARTUI2', 'PQHCUD8')";

```

This is the first time I am creating a topic, I am kind of stucked here, it would be great if anyone can help, i tried nested query using must inside should, but couldn't get the desired result.

Regards.

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### Author: ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-achieve-conditional-query-in-elastic-search-as-described/243431/2 "2020-08-01T22:03:19Z")

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Think what would work for you is using a search template with parameters.

> **[Search templates | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/search/search-templates)**
>
> A search template is a stored search you can run with different variables. If you use Elasticsearch as a search backend, you can pass user input from...

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-achieve-conditional-query-in-elastic-search-as-described/243431/3 "2020-08-29T22:03:24Z")

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