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Hi,
I’m trying to count the posts by value and metakey. So far it’s working for radio buttons but not for a checkbox. This is what I got now:
function get_post_count_by_meta( $meta_key = false, $meta_value = false, $post_type = 'post' ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => $post_type,
'numberposts' => -1,
'post_status' => 'publish',
);
if ( $meta_key && $meta_value ) {
$args['meta_query'][] = array('key' => $meta_key, 'value' => $meta_value);
}
elseif ( $meta_value ) {
$args['meta_query'][] = array('value'=>$meta_value);
}
elseif ( $meta_key ) {
$args['meta_query'][] = array('key' => $meta_key);
}
$posts = get_posts($args);
$count = count($posts);
return $count;
}
$post_count = get_post_count_by_meta('aangeboden_door', 'ergotherapie', 'any');
echo $post_count;
How to make this work for a checkbox where multiple values are possible? Probably I need to make somewhere a loop from it?
So you want to count posts that have a field named ‘aangeboden_door’ with several different values? I think you’ll have to modify the function so as to add meta_value as an array (of values) and setting ‘compare’ => ‘IN’. Try something like this:
// ...
if ( $meta_key && $meta_value ) {
if ( is_array($meta_value) ) {
$args['meta_query'][] = array('key' => $meta_key, 'value' => $meta_value, 'compare' => 'IN');
}
else {
$args['meta_query'][] = array('key' => $meta_key, 'value' => $meta_value);
}
}
// ...
You also might have to add ‘type’ => ‘numeric’ depending on the values. See: http://codex.wordpress.org/wp_query#Custom_Field_Parameters
Hi Wells,
I tried several things, also the array but or I get 0, or I get the number of all posts in the post-type.
This gives me 0:
function get_post_count_by_meta( $meta_key, $meta_value, $post_type = 'post' ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => $post_type,
'numberposts' => -1,
'post_status' => 'publish',
);
if ( $meta_key && $meta_value ) {
if ( is_array($meta_value) ) {
$args['meta_query'][] = array('key' => $meta_key, 'value' => $meta_value, 'compare' => 'IN');
}
else {
$args['meta_query'][] = array('key' => $meta_key, 'value' => $meta_value);
}
}
$posts = get_posts($args);
$count = count($posts);
return $count;
}
$post_count = get_post_count_by_meta('niveau_jaren', 'Jaar 2', 'any');
echo $post_count;
But I have an array that shows me all the posts that are checked with ‘Jaar 2’ which works:
$args = array(
'numberposts' => -1,
'post_type' => 'any',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'niveau_jaren',
'value' => 'Jaar 2',
'compare' => 'LIKE'
),
)
);
Now how would I ‘translate’ this array to the code above? Thanks!
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