I have a form where people enter their zip code in their profile
I also have a custom meta-field so someone can enter a zip code when posting a post.
So I can enter "87047" in my profile, and then enter "87112" in a post.
I have created a loop on the main page in which I want to display content that is relevant to the zip code in which a person has entered. This was part was easy. The problem is I want it to base it on only the first two digits of a person's zip code.
So if I enter "87047" as "MY zip code" it only takes the "87" and references posts with "87" in the custom meta-field.
I think I need a wildcard array to say, "Are there posts with 87000, 87001, 87002," all the way to "87999" in the custom meta-field and if there are to display entries from those posts.
Basically if I enter in 87047 I would also "see things" in 87112.
Here's what I have so far...
<?php
$zipcode = $data;
$getlength = strlen($zipcode);
$thelength = 2;
$areacode = substr($zipcode, 0, $thelength);
$sqlGroupQuery = "(SELECT * FROM posts WHERE Location LIKE '87%')";
?>
<?php echo $areacode ?>
<?php
$querystr = "
SELECT wposts.*
FROM $wpdb->posts wposts, $wpdb->postmeta wpostmeta
WHERE wposts.ID = wpostmeta.post_id
AND wpostmeta.meta_key = 'Location'
AND wpostmeta.meta_value = $areacode
AND wposts.post_status = 'publish'
AND wposts.post_type = 'post'
ORDER BY wposts.post_date DESC
";
$pageposts = $wpdb->get_results($querystr, OBJECT);
?>Like I said, "data" is working, and this is showing "87" when I 'echo $areacode' I just need the "wildcard" part to be added in.
