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1. frivolio
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have the following code which test categories and display if they have posts with some metadata set or not.

   <?php
   $category_counter = count(get_the_category());
   $counter = 0;
      foreach((get_the_category()) as $cat)
      {
         $counter++;
         $category_variable = $cat->cat_ID;
         $query_paying_companies = 'cat=' . $category_variable. '&meta_key=field-company-type&meta_value=j';
         query_posts($query_paying_companies); ?>
         <?php if ( have_posts() ) :?>
               <p><?php echo $category_variable;?> - This category is good!</p>
         <?php else: ?>
               <p><?php echo $category_variable;?> - This category is NOT good!</p>
         <?php endif; ?>
   <?php wp_reset_query();
     }
   ?>

   Code works well. What I want - and I do not succeed to complete - is to create and array of "GOOD categories" – only the categories with posts which have this metadata set and then random choose one.

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   <?php
   $good_categories = array(); //NEW CODE
   $category_counter = count(get_the_category());
   $counter = 0;
      foreach((get_the_category()) as $cat)
      {
         $counter++;
         $category_variable = $cat->cat_ID;
         $query_paying_companies = 'cat=' . $category_variable. '&meta_key=field-company-type&meta_value=j';
         query_posts($query_paying_companies); ?>
         <?php if ( have_posts() ) :?>
               <p><?php echo $category_variable;?> - This category is good!</p>
   <?php $good_categories[] = $category_variable; //NEW CODE ?>
         <?php else: ?>
               <p><?php echo $category_variable;?> - This category is NOT good!</p>
         <?php endif; ?>
   <?php wp_reset_query();
     }
   ?>

   to check your results, you could add this after the code:
   <?php var_dump($good_categories); ?>

3. frivolio
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks a lot alchymyth! I managed myself to make something similar. Works like a charm! Thank you!

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