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1. jeffmckeand
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Hello everyone.

   I've written the code below to pull three testimonials from the portfolio section of a site and display them on the home page. Everything is working fine, except I can't seem to get them to display in a random order.

   Is there a way to do this using "get_pages", or am I stuck always showing them in a specific order?

   Here's the code:

   <?php
   
   	$pages = get_pages(array('child_of' => 15, 'meta_key' => 'testimonial', 'number' => 3));
   
   	foreach($pages as $child) {
   
   		$testimonial = get_post_meta($child->ID, 'testimonial', false);
   		$projName = get_the_title($child->ID);
   		$projLink = get_permalink($child->ID);
   
   	if ($testimonial) {
   
   		foreach ($testimonial as $testimony) {
   
   			$fullValue = explode("|", $testimony);
   
   			$docPic = $fullValue[0];
   			$docQuote = $fullValue[1];
   			$docName = $fullValue[2];
   
   			?>
   
   			<li class="testimonial">
   
   				<img src="<?php echo $docPic; ?>" alt="<?php echo $docName; ?>" title="<?php echo $docName; ?>" />
   
   				<p class="quote">&ldquo;<?php echo $docQuote; ?>&rdquo;</p>
   
   				<p class="cite"><span class="doc"><?php echo $docName; ?></span> | <a href="<?php echo $projLink; ?>" title="<?php echo $projName; ?>"><?php echo $projName; ?></a></p>
   
   			</li><!-- /.testimonial -->
   
   			<?php
   
   		}
   
   	}
   
   	}
   
   ?>

   Thanks for whatever help you can provide! :-)

2. t31os_
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   After..
   

   $pages = get_pages(array('child_of' => 15, 'meta_key' => 'testimonial', 'number' => 3));

   Add..
   

   shuffle($pages);

   Does that help?

3. jeffmckeand
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   It kind of works. It shuffles the results, but those results are still the first three pages (in alpha-by-title order) that the function finds.

   I'm wanting the function to pull random results.

   Can't figure out how...

4. jeffmckeand
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Got it. I don't know why I tried it with "get_pages". Switched to "query_posts", reconfigured the variables, added "'orderby' => rand", and now it works just fine.

   Thanks anyway for your help t31os_.

   Here's the working code:

   <?php
   
   	$pages = query_posts(array('post_parent' => 15, 'post_type' => 'page', 'meta_key' => 'testimonial', 'showposts' => 3, 'orderby' => rand));
   
   	foreach($pages as $child) {
   
   		$testimonial = get_post_meta($child->ID, 'testimonial', false);
   		$projName = get_the_title($child->ID);
   		$projLink = get_permalink($child->ID);
   
   	if ($testimonial) {
   
   		foreach ($testimonial as $testimony) {
   
   			$fullValue = explode("|", $testimony);
   
   			$docPic = $fullValue[0];
   			$docQuote = $fullValue[1];
   			$docName = $fullValue[2];
   
   			?>
   
   			<li class="testimonial">
   
   				<img src="<?php echo $docPic; ?>" alt="<?php echo $docName; ?>" title="<?php echo $docName; ?>" />
   
   				<p class="quote">&ldquo;<?php echo $docQuote; ?>&rdquo;</p>
   
   				<p class="cite"><span class="doc"><?php echo $docName; ?></span> | <a href="<?php echo $projLink; ?>" title="<?php echo $projName; ?>"><?php echo $projName; ?></a></p>
   
   			</li><!-- /.testimonial -->
   
   			<?php
   
   		}
   
   	}
   
   	}
   
   ?>

5. t31os_
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Good stuff...
   A good example of a user posting back their solution.

   I was going to suggest get_posts, but if it's the only thing happening on the page, then yes, just rewrite the parameters for query_posts...

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