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1. ShirouJune
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Hi! I've been struggling with this for a while now... wonder if this can be done...

   This is my query_posts based on the post-slug.
   

   <?php query_posts('name=my-post-title-name'); ?>

   What I would like is... to define the "my-post-title-name" from the custom fields when writing a new post. Thought it could use a variable or something... not sure...

   I call a custom field like this...

   <?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mykey', true) ) { ?>
            <?php _e("My value: "); echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "mykey", $single=true); } ?>

   Any ideas pretty please?...
   Thanks...

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Are you asking how to return a query of your posts, where the custom field value is equal to a value?

   If so it would be something like:
   

   query_posts('meta_key=mykey&meta_value=my-post-title-name');

3. ShirouJune
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   No... I meant... the function is

   query_posts('name=post-slug');

   so name= should remain there, while post-slug should be defined by my custom field key that is equal to a value...

   I am clueless on php... so forgive the raw example...

   but it should be something like:

   query_posts('name=$mypostslug');

   where

   $mypostslug =
   
   <?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'mykeyslug', true) ) { ?>
   <?php _e("My value: "); echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "mykeyslug", $single=true); } ?>

   something like that... though I know the $ cannot be readable because of the single quotes...

4. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Might review the available arguments for query_posts. See Template_Tags/query_posts

5. ShirouJune
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Already did... it was from there that I picked:

   Post & Page Parameters

   Retrieve a single post or page.

   * 'p' => 27 - use the post ID to show that post
   * 'name' => 'about-my-life' - query for a particular post that has this Post Slug

   here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Post_.26_Page_Parameters

   It works... I just need to find how to retrieve that value from a custom field...

6. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 1 month ago #

   See Custom Fields

7. ShirouJune
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Did too. I believe it's a programming issue... I saw somewhere a code to store information in a variable that could be used later but can't find it...

8. ShirouJune
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Found my way through it. It was easier than thought...

   <?php $mydiscslug = get_post_meta($post->ID, "disc", $single=true); ?>
   
   <?php query_posts('name=' . $mydiscslug); ?>

   These two lines made the trick. Some conditionals... and it works like a charm: http://www.siamshade-everlasting.com/en/lyrics/binecks_lyrics/2009/kimi-ga-tooku-te/

   Used to retrieve all the content in the "Song Info" stored in another post.

   Hope it helps someone outhere!!!

   Regards!

9. podda999
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Hey could this be edited to work for the following. I dont know PHP that well so here is what i have.

   I want to move the content from bosts which have a custom field of embed and put the data within description. I was going to do this in SQL but is there is a more simple way, this would be great.

   So what i want to do. Post with meta_value = 'embed' i want to move this the the description field within my post.

   Any help would be great thanks.

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