Is there a (better) way to access $wpdb results?

This answer explains what the OP saw with column names and how to work with that, but the real answer is to use get_var() as in Howdy_McGee’s answer. The string you’re seeing is the column name that MySQL is using for the result, because it doesn’t have any better ideas. One way is to give … Read more

Check if image exists before uploading with media_sideload_image()

I wonder if you’re looking for the core attachment_url_to_postid() function that uses: $sql = $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT post_id FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key = ‘_wp_attached_file’ AND meta_value = %s”, $path ); $post_id = $wpdb->get_var( $sql ); Note the extra meta key _wp_attached_file check compared to your current snippet. If you need to check if an image url … Read more

Error establishing a database connection After Copy localhost wordpress site (with site url directly to hosting server’s url before copy)

Read http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#When_Your_Domain_Name_or_URLs_Change You’ve only moved the PHP files. That is only part of the process. Migrating the databse would mean: Create a database, if there isn’t one already Move the database from your local server to the remote one. Edit/alter key values in the database The same wp-config editing trick used here will get you … Read more

Hata!: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'divattrend_liink'@'localhost' (using password: YES)