Extend meta query arguments

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I have this meta query:

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'events',
    'meta_query' => array(
        array(
            'key' => 'fl_type',
            'value' => 'Awards'
        )
    ),
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'meta_key' => 'fl_order',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'fields' => 'ids'
);

However I need to extend this by another 2 numeric variables fl_expire = 0 and fl_global = 1 and I can’t figure out the correct syntax for this.

How to solve :

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Method 1

Try this

$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'events',
    'meta_query' => array(
        'relation' => 'AND',
        array(
            'key' => 'fl_type',
            'value' => 'Awards'
        ),
        array(
            'key' => 'fl_expire',
            'value' => 0,
            'type' => 'NUMERIC',
        ),
        array(
            'key' => 'fl_global',
            'value' => 1,
            'type' => 'NUMERIC',
        ),
    ),
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'meta_key' => 'fl_order',
    'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'fields' => 'ids'
);

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