Reply To: need to select first item in meta_value array to sortby

• crushdg

• January 2, 2014 at 7:03 am

<?php
    $args = array(
      'relation' => 'AND',
      'cat' => 5,
      'post_type' => 'post',
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'posts_per_page' => -1,
      'meta_query' => array(
        array(
          'key' => 'floor_type',
          'value' => $floor_type
        ),
        array(
          'key' => 'stack_type',
          'value' => $stack_type
        ),
        array(
          'key' => 'plumbing_opening',
          'value' => $plumbing_opening
        )),
      'meta_key' => 'application_type',
      'orderby' => 'meta_value',
      'order' => 'ASC'
    );
    $posts = query_posts($args);
  ?>

Sorry, I was using the $meta_value as an example. Currently the orderby ‘meta_value’ is an array from client having saved the post with multiple values when selecting the checkboxes. Is it possibly to select just the first item in array to orderby? This make anymore sense. Thank you so much for your help!