echo a specific meta_key queried through a custom post

OK so was way simpler than I thought in the end and didn’t involve a lot, just was approaching it in completely the wrong way:

The same can be achieved like this:

     /*GETING THE USERS FIRST PUBLISHED SUBSCRIPTION?? */
$useremail = $ticket['email'];
$user = get_user_by( 'email', $useremail );
$IDuser = $user->ID;
$args = array(
              'posts_per_page' => 1,
              'post_type' => 'subscription',
              'author' => $IDuser,
              'meta_key' => 'state',
              'meta_value' => 'complete',
              'orderby' => 'date',
              'order' => 'ASC',
              );
$first_post = new WP_Query($args);
//    '<pre>'.print_r($first_post).'</pre>'; // You can use this to check what the query produces to make sure you're on the right track.
if ($first_post->have_posts()) {
    $first_post->the_post();

    the_time('M j, Y');

    wp_reset_postdata();

That should give you the first published subscription belonging to $IDuser but can be used for any type of post if you change the 'post_type'

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