I want to retrive custom post and want to sort it by title. However when i made a dump of what exact SQL request is sent, i found out the orderby is using menu_order instead of title
Here's the code:
$args=array(
'post_type' => 'custom_post',
'orderby' => 'title',
'order' => 'ASC',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'posts_per_page' => '-1',
);
Heres the dump
"SELECT wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts WHERE 1=1 AND wp_posts.post_type = 'custom_post' AND ((wp_posts.post_status = 'publish')) ORDER BY wp_posts.menu_order ASC "
Hence when i retrive the custom posts, its not in the order i want it to be.
Your help is appreciated
You can create new WP_Query instance to achieve the exact expected result.
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'custom_post_type',
'order' => 'ASC',
'orderby' => 'title',
);
$my_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) :
while ( $my_query->have_posts() ) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="smal-sec">
<h3><?php the_title();?></h3>
<?php the_content();?>
</div>
<?php
endwhile;
endif;
wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>
This query will help you to display all posts order by title (A -> Z). Please make sure no such plugins are there, which is actually overwriting the WP_Query instance.
Related
I have a comparative set of arguments for WP_Query involving a custom field.
On a page I need to say "Are there going to be results?, if so display a link to another page that displays these results, if not ignore" There are between 500 and 1200 posts of this type but could be more in the future. Is there a more efficient or direct way of returning a yes/no to this query?
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'partner',
'value' => $partner,
'compare' => 'LIKE',
),
),
);
$partner_query = new WP_Query($args);
if ($partner_query->have_posts() ) { [MAKE LINK] }
The link is not made from data returned, we already have that information.
Perhaps directly in the database. My SQL is not up to phrasing the query which in English is SELECT * from wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'product'} AND (JOIN??) post_meta meta_key =
partner AND post_id = a post_id that matches the first part of the query.
And if I did this, would this be more efficient that the WP_Query method?
Use 'posts_per_page' => 1 and add 'no_found_rows' => true and 'fields' => 'ids'. This will return the ID of a matching post, and at the same time avoid the overhead of counting all the matching posts and fetching the entire post contents. Getting just one matching post id is far less work than counting the matching posts. And it's all you need.
Like this:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'no_found_rows' => true,
'fields' => 'ids',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'partner',
'value' => $partner,
'compare' => 'LIKE',
),
),
);
$partner_query = new WP_Query($args);
if ($partner_query->have_posts() ) { [MAKE LINK] }
no_found_rows means "don't count the found rows", not "don't return any found rows". It's only in the code, not the documentation. Sigh.
I want to update post status when a post is expiring.
I have saved expiry date in the WordPress post meta (post_price_plan_expiration_date).
I know how to get an expired post with wp_query,
But I want to use SQL query to update post status.
$todayDate = strtotime(date('m/d/Y h:i:s'));
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'featured_post',
'value' => '1',
'compare' => '=='
),
array(
'key' => 'post_price_plan_expiration_date',
'value' => $todayDate,
'compare' => '<='
),
)
);
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
print_r($wp_query);
This code returns me correct posts which I need, But I need to write the same query in SQL, And run that with wp_schedule_event
Any help???
You can always do the following out of a WP_Query
$wp_query = new WP_Query( $args );
echo $results->request;
Which should display the generated SQL Query.
Hope this helps.
I'm trying to display all images that have a certain custom field from the types plugin set to true. It would also work to filter them by post_content or post_excerpt but none of my attempts have worked so far.
<?
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'attachment',
'post_mime_type' => 'image',
'post_content' => 'foo',
'numberposts' => -1
);
?>
<? print_r(get_posts($args)); ?>
This get's all images allthough only one has the post_content foo. My attempt to use WP_Query failed miserably as well.
Any help is appreciated!
WP_Query method :
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'attachment',
'post_status' => 'inherit',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'color',
'value' => 'blue',
'compare' => 'LIKE',
),
),
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
I am presuming that the reason why you failed with WP_Query is due to the following condition.
Codex states : The default WP_Query sets 'post_status'=>'publish', but attachments default to 'post_status'=>'inherit' so you'll need to explicitly set post_status to 'inherit' or 'any' as well.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Custom_Field_Parameters
get_posts method :
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'attachment',
'post_mime_type' => 'image',
'meta_key' => 'custom-field',
'meta_value' => 'custom value',
'numberposts' => -1
);
print_r(get_posts($args));
The only draw back with this method is that the meta_value needs to exactly match what was entered in the custom field. If you still like to use get_posts then use the meta_query as shown in WP_Query example above.
I am trying to implement sorting with Yii list view. I have joined 2 tables named provider_favourite and service_request in list view. And the fields and contents from both tables are listing in the list view. But sorting is working only in provider_favourite table, not from service_request table.How can I sort the fields from service_request table? Iam using csort for sorting. I also tried CGrid view. But the same problem is happening in grid view also ..
Iam using the following code to join
$criteria = new CDbCriteria;
$criteria->select = 'favourite_notes,favourite, favourite_added_date,max_budget,preferred_location,service_name';
$criteria->join = 'LEFT JOIN service_request AS s ON service_request_id = favourite';
$criteria->condition = 'favourite_type = 1';
$sort=new CSort('ProviderFavourite');
// $sort->defaultOrder='s.max_budget ';
$sort->applyOrder($criteria);
$sort->attributes = array(
'max_budget' => 'service_request.max_budget',
'service_name' => 'service_request.service_name',
'favourite_added_date'
);
$type = 2;
$data = new CActiveDataProvider('ProviderFavourite', array('criteria' => $criteria, 'pagination' => array('pageSize' => 4),'sort'=>$sort
));
$this->renderPartial('favourites', array(
'ModelInstance' => ProviderFavourite::model()->findAll($criteria),
'dataProvider' => $data, 'type' => $type, 'sort'=>$sort,
));
and also Iam providing sortable attributes in list view
$this->widget('zii.widgets.CListView', array('dataProvider'=>$dataProvider,'itemView'=>'index_1',
'id'=>'request',
'template' => ' {items}{pager}',
'sortableAttributes'=>array('favourite_notes','max_budget','service_name')
));
If more details needed, I will provide. Thanks in advance
You have to specify attributes property of your $sort instance. By default only fields of $modelClass (ProviderFavourite in your case) are sortable.
I think it could look like this (not tested):
$sort->attributes = array(
'service_name' => array(
'asc' => 's.service_name ASC',
'desc' => 's.service_name DESC'
),
// ...another sortable virtual attributes from service_request table
"*"
);
You should not create a CSort object in $sort. The CActiveDataProvider will already provide you with the right sort object. The way you do it, you apply the sort criteria to $criteria before you configure the sort attributes. That can not work.
You should try a simple setup like this instead:
$data = new CActiveDataProvider('ProviderFavourite', array(
'criteria' => $criteria,
'pagination' => array('pageSize' => 4),
'sort'=> array(
'attributes' => array(
'service_name' => array(
'asc' => 's.service_name ASC',
'desc' => 's.service_name DESC'
),
// ...
),
));
If you need to access the related CSort object (which you usually don't if you use a CGridView or CListView, because they deal with that for you), then you get it via $data->sort.
I have two tables:
Contestant and Votes
Contestant hasMany Votes
I've tried doing a count(Vote.id) as Votes so I can place it on the
recordset and just paginate them but I have no idea where to place it.
I did it on the fields array but it gave me the total count of votes
regardless of the contestant they belong to.
The votes are linked together in the Contestant recordset so what I
did was on my view I did a count($contestant[Vote]) but this can't be
paginated and my client wants to be able to sort the contestants by
votes.
Is there a way I can do something like this on my view?:
sort('Votes', 'count(Vote)'); ?>
Or do I have to create a query which does a count for all the votes
where Contestant.id = Votes.contestant_id ?
Controller Contestant:
function index() {
$page = 'Contestants';
$this->set('page', $page);
$this->paginate =
array(
'order' => 'id ASC',
'contain' => array(
'Vote' => array(
'fields' => array("Vote.contestant_id",'Vote.id')
)
)
$conditions ["Contestant.active"] = 1;
$this->set('contestants', $this->paginate('Contestant',
$conditions));
}
Check out deceze's response in this question: CakePHP mathematic-calculation field?
Essentially you want to do something like this I'm guessing:
'contain' => array(
'Vote' => array(
'fields' => array('SUM(Vote.id) AS Contestant__votes'),
'group' => array('Vote.contestant_id'),
)
)
Since cakephp doesn't support group by in containable behavior I tried a different approach. Create the paginate var for the vote model instead (All of this is done in the Contestants Controller):
var $paginate = array(
'Vote'=>array(
'limit'=>5,
'fields' => array(
'Contestant.*, count(Vote.contestant_id) as Contestant_votes, Vote.id'
),
'group' => array(
'Vote.contestant_id'
),
'order' => array(
'Contestant_votes Desc'
)
),
'Contestant'=>array(
'limit'=>5,
'order' => array(
'Contestant.id Desc'
)
)
);
And now in my controller I do the following:
function index() {
$page = 'Contestants';
$this->set('page', $page);
$conditions ["Contestant.active"] = 1;
$this->set('contestants', $this->paginate($this->Contestant->Vote,$conditions));
}
Now the contestants are ordered by their total vote tally, although I still can't figure how to place the Contestant_votes as a paginator variable since in the record set it's in a array of it's own and not in any of the model arrays used to paginate.
Thanks Matt Huggins your approach was the one that led me to this solution.
Addition: Do you also want to sort by Votes (total votes) ascending or descending? If yes, you can not do it easily by the default pagination method of cakephp.
For that you need a little tweak. Here is the details about this trick: CakePHP Advanced Pagination – sort by derived field
Hope you'd find it helpful.
Thanks
Adnan
For the specific relationship you define, your needs are well-served by counter-caching.
You will need to define a new field in your contestants table: vote_count. Then, in your Votes model, you'll need to update the $belongsTo definition slightly:
class Votes extends AppModel
{
var $belongsTo = array(
'Contestant' => array( 'counterCache' => true )
);
}
Now, anytime a Vote record is saved, the vote_count field of the parent Contestant will be updated. Now you can simply sort by Contestant.vote_count as you would any other Contestant field:
class ContestantsController extends AppController
{
// Controller stuff that comes before...
function index()
{
$this->paginate = array( 'Contestant' => array(
'conditions' => array( 'Contestant.active' => 1 ),
'order' => array( 'Contestant.vote_count' => 'DESC' ),
));
$contestants = $this->paginate('Contestants');
$this->set( compact('contestants'));
}
// Controller stuff that comes after...
}