From f7b99d7676d9c50480ecd54ae5a37c9535973e24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Cramer <ryan@processwire.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:21:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue processwire/processwire-issues#837

---
 wire/core/Selector.php | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wire/core/Selector.php b/wire/core/Selector.php
index 4eee4755..1c51e5f3 100644
--- a/wire/core/Selector.php
+++ b/wire/core/Selector.php
@@ -352,9 +352,11 @@ abstract class Selector extends WireData {
 		// $values1 is the value stored by the selector
 		// $values2 is the value passed into the matches() function
 
-		$numMatches = 0; 
-		if($operator == '!=') $numMatchesRequired = (count($values1) + count($values2)) - 1; 
-			else $numMatchesRequired = 1; 
+		$numMatches = 0;
+		$numMatchesRequired = 1; 
+		if(($operator === '!=' && !$this->not) || ($this->not && $operator !== '!=')) {
+			$numMatchesRequired = count($values1) * count($values2);
+		} 
 		
 		$fields = is_array($field) ? $field : array($field);