What you’re seeing is Serialized Data. WordPress does this automagically when trying to save an array or object to the database. The get_post_meta() function will unserialize the data if you pass the right parameters: $array = get_post_meta( $post->ID, // The post ID you want metadata from ‘_key_name’, // The meta key name true // Whether … Read more
Programatically delete several attributes in _product_attributes in post meta
Function (here with samepl arguments) get_post_meta( $post_id, ‘yout_meta_key’, true); will automaitly transform serialzied data to array/object. If you accessing raw walue you will find function maybe_unserialzie usefull for deserialization.
You don’t have any conditions for “any” as a given value in your code, so it won’t be treated as any, but as “any”. But your code checks if given value is not empty, so passing it like so should work: api.php?key=fruit,drink&value=,whiskey PS. I’m not sure if that’s the best way of passing arguments to … Read more
Okay. I solved it by myself. i dunno what’s wrong, but it looks like using first case – just doesn’t work. using second case – is a bad idea. so i began to work with sql and posts_where commands. first: instead of $wp_query->query_vars[‘s’] i started to use get_search_query() second: looks like when sql tries to … Read more
I agree with WebElaine’s comment, that storing IDs would be far more reliable, since URLs can so easily change. That said, if you have a URL like so: http://domain.com/2018/01/this-is-my-post/ You can use something like this to obtain the post name: $url=”http://domain.com/2018/05/this-is-my-post/”; $components = parse_url($url); preg_match(‘`^/\d*/\d*/(.*)/$`’, $components[‘path’], $matches); echo $matches[1]; Using the post name in $matches[1] … Read more
how to query posts using value in meta post array
What you’re trying to do is a post meta query, but the root problem is you’re using post meta to group posts, which is what taxonomies are built for. Taxonomy tables are optimised and designed for these kinds of queries, post meta is not. What’s more, your query appears to be searching inside the meta … Read more
update meta data (like view counter) by rest-api
Use an if or switch statement to check the value of the meta, then echo out a different class name based on the value: <?php $type = get_post_meta($post[‘ID’], ‘Type’, true); switch ( $type ) { case ‘Yes’: $class=”type-yes”; break; case ‘No’: $class=”type-no”; break; default: $class=”type-na”; break; } ?> <span class=”widget_last <?php echo $class; ?>”><?php echo … Read more