WP_query and date range filter

WP_query and date range filter

// Build the wp_query array
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'post', 
	'show_posts' => '10', 
	'paged' => $paged
);

foreach(array('s', 'cat', 'country', 'd') as $key) {
if(isset($_GET[$key]) && trim($_GET[$key]) !== '') { $args[$key] = $_GET[$key]; }
}

if(isset($args['s'])) { 
// Create a new filtering function that will add our where clause to the query

function filter_where( $where = '' ) {
$date_range = $_GET['d'];
$date_range = explode("|", $date_range);
$that_date = $date_range[0]; 
	$this_date = $date_range[1];							  	
$where .= " AND post_date >= '".$that_date."' AND post_date <= '".$this_date."' ";
return $where;
}
add_filter( 'posts_where', 'filter_where' );
$the_query = new WP_Query($args); 
remove_filter( 'posts_where', 'filter_where' );
}

print_r($args);

$keyword = $_GET['s'];
$cat = $_GET['cat'];
$country = $_GET['country'];