[wp-hackers] Function to get posts by meta

[Christian Gundersson]

I seriously need to learn how to read properly. Sorry!..

Works as intended now :)

//Christian

2010/8/3 Bill Dennen <dennen at gmail.com>

> Try adding:
>
> post_type=any
>
> By default, it  pulls post_type=post
>
> -Bill
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Christian Gundersson <christian at buro2.se>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > thanks for the hints. Using the get_posts route gives me nothing in
> return
> > however, so perhaps I'm using it wrong. This is what I did
> >
> > $posts = get_posts ( "meta_key=producer&meta_value=" . $producer_id );
> >
> > $posts turns out as an array that is empty. Have I misinterpreted the use
> of
> > the function? The line sits inside a loop.
> >
> > Louy, I checked your link and will study it more in detail later, but it
> > seems like a cumbersome approach for something quite simple. It'll
> probably
> > make more sense when I get the time to read it properly :)
> >
> > Thanks again though!
> >
> > //Christian, Büro 2
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2010/8/3 Bill Dennen <dennen at gmail.com>
> >
> >> Or this, which lets you specify a custom post type:
> >>
> >> http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts
> >>
> >> -Bill
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Bill Dennen <dennen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Christian,
> >> >
> >> > Could you use this?
> >> >
> >> > http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts
> >> >
> >> > $post_type
> >> > (string) (optional) The type of post to show. Available options are:
> >> > post - Default
> >> > page
> >> > attachment
> >> > any - all post types
> >> > Default: post
> >> >
> >> > $meta_key and $meta_value
> >> > (string) (optional) Only show posts that contain a meta (custom) field
> >> > with this key and value. Both parameters must be defined, or neither
> >> > will work.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Christian Gundersson <
> christian at buro2.se>
> >> wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm writing a plugin for a client using custom post types and ran
> across
> >> a
> >> >> situation where I wanted to retrieve post data from posts that shared
> >> the
> >> >> same meta data (key and value). I didn't find anything in Wordpress
> core
> >> or
> >> >> by searching so I wrote a function for it myself and I'm wondering if
> it
> >> >> would be of any interest to anyone else.
> >> >>
> >> >> The function, as said, takes a meta key and a meta value as argument
> and
> >> >> then performs a search for posts that has that exact match. The
> return
> >> value
> >> >> is an array with the post data.
> >> >>
> >> >> The code is viewable on github: http://gist.github.com/506224
> >> >>
> >> >> I have two questions on this though.
> >> >>
> >> >> 1) Have I done the function properly? (I'm fairly new so I'd like
> some
> >> tips
> >> >> and hints to improve my coding skills on Wordpress)
> >> >>
> >> >> 2) Would this be of any interest for inclusion in Wordpress? And if
> not,
> >> why
> >> >> not?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks!
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> //Christian, Büro 2
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