[wp-hackers] Unexpected behaviour in WP_Query

[scribu]

I think $post->post_category is a fossil from older versions and doesn't
serve any purpose.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Sudar Muthu <sudar at sudarmuthu.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I was playing with WP_Query and found an unexpected behaviour. I am not
> sure
> whether this is the expected behaviour or it is a bug. And if it is a bug,
> I
> will open a new ticket in trac.
>
> This is the code which I am using in one of my Plugins to retrieve the
> posts
> belonging to a particular category. Both code and output available in
> pastebin as well at http://pastebin.com/m46539116
>
> $my_query = new WP_Query;
>
> $posts = $my_query->query(array('category__in'=>array($cat_id),
> 'post_type'=>'post', 'nopaging'=>'true'));
>
> print_r($posts);
>
> And in the output I have the following line
>
> [post_category] => 0
>
>
>
> So the function is retrieving the posts, but in the result, the category is
> 0. I tried to trace the SQL generated in this case and it is available in
> pastebin at http://pastebin.com/m7a889bdc
>
> The category is 0 even when I execute the generated SQL directly in my
> database.
>
> I strongly feel that it is a bug. So please let me know whether it is a bug
> or it an expected behaviour. Thanks!
>
>
> With Regards,
> Sudar
> http://SudarMuthu.com
> http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu
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