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<?php  
  public function createQueryDSL($query, $skip, $limit) {                                                                                                   
        $query_json = array(                                                                                                                                  
            'query' => array(
                'custom_filters_score' => array(                                                                                                                                 
                  'query' => array(
                    'query_string' => array(                                                                                                                      
                        'fields' => array('title^5', 'message', 'vanity_url^3', 'full_name^5'),                                                                   
                        'query' => $query,                                                                                                                        
                        'use_dis_max' => TRUE,                                                                                                                    
                    ),
                  ),
                  'filters' => array(
                    array('filter' => array('term' => array('user_verified' => TRUE)), 'boost' => 3.0),
                  ),
               ),                                                                                                                   
            ),                                                                                                                                                
            'size' => $limit,                                                                                                                                 
            'from' => $skip,                                                                                                                                  
        );                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
        return $query_json;                                                                                                                                   
    }                         
?>

Got it to work something like the above gist