# Not Filter > More info about not filter is in the [official elasticsearch docs][1] A filter that filters out matched documents using a query. ## Simple example ```JSON { "filtered" : { "query" : { "term" : { "name.first" : "shay" } }, "filter" : { "not" : { "range" : { "postDate" : { "from" : "2010-03-01", "to" : "2010-04-01" } } } } } } ``` And now the query via DSL: ```php $rangeFilter = new RangeFilter( 'postDate', [ 'from' => '2010-03-01', 'to' => '2010-04-01', ] ); $notFilter = new NotFilter($rangeFilter); $termQuery = new TermQuery('name.first', 'shay'); $filteredQuery = new FilteredQuery($termQuery, $notFilter); $search = new Search(); $search->addQuery($filteredQuery); $queryArray = $search->toArray(); ``` [1]: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-not-filter.html