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1. ianaleksander
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm trying to use the taxonomy slug in some code and I'm just not sure how to do it. I feel like I'm close and I'm not sure what I'm missing - sorry if this is something really obvious - I've just been searching and can't find it.

   <?php
   if ( is_taxonomy($taxonomy) ) {
   $yourtax = get_taxonomy ($taxonomy);
   echo '
     <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/taxonomy-image/' . $yourtax->slug . '.jpg" type="image/jpg"><!-- Else, try the 404 image -->
       <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/404.jpg" type="image/jpg">
       </OBJECT> </OBJECT>';
   }
   ?>

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Not sure what you are wanting but after this line $yourtax = get_taxonomy ($taxonomy); put this to help see the proper value you want echo "<pre>"; print_r($yourtax); echo "</pre>";

   If you are looking for a particular slug for a particular term in a given taxonomy, you might want to look at get_term_by.

   If you are trying to do this on a taxonomy archive page you might want to look at is_tax().

3. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I believe what you're after is..
   

   $yourtax->name

   or
   

   $yourtax->label

   Slug isn't in the object you get back from get_taxonomy.

4. ianaleksander
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   close! in fact, yourtax->label helped me solve the folder naming problem I was having. but I still need to be able to display the term.. this is what I've got so far (without trying michael's stuff yet)

   <?php
   if ( is_taxonomy($taxonomy) ) {
   $yourtax = get_taxonomy ($taxonomy);
   echo '
     <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/' . $yourtax->name . '-image/' . example-slug-here . '.jpg" type="image/jpg"><!-- Else, try the 404 image -->
       <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/404.jpg" type="image/jpg">
       </OBJECT> </OBJECT>';
   }
   ?>

5. ianaleksander
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   yeah this would be for at the start of my index, so if it's a taxonomy archive page, it displays an image named after the slug of that taxonomy.

   so am I supposed to use is_tax to get the slug instead of is_taxonomy?

6. ianaleksander
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm a little confused I guess. I'll start from the top - I'm trying to modify this code to work with my custom taxonomies, just as it's already working with my tags..

   <?php
   if ( is_tag() ) {
   $term_id = get_query_var('tag_id');
   $taxonomy = 'post_tag';
   $args ='include=' . $term_id;
   $terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );
   echo '
     <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/character-image/' . $terms[0]->slug . '.jpg" type="image/jpg"><!-- Else, try the 404 image -->
       <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/404.jpg" type="image/jpg">
       </OBJECT> </OBJECT>';
   }
   ?>

7. ianaleksander
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   aha! I think I figured it out. this is what I ended up doing:

   <?php
   if ( is_tax('creator') ) {
   $term = get_term_by( 'slug', get_query_var( 'term' ), get_query_var( 'taxonomy' ) );
   echo '
     <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/creator-image/' . $term->slug . '.jpg" type="image/jpg"><!-- Else, try the 404 image -->
       <OBJECT data="http://www.tradereadingorder.com/404.jpg" type="image/jpg">
       </OBJECT> </OBJECT>';
   }
   ?>

   It seems to work. And also, the sections are separate for each kind of taxonomy now, which works for me, in case I ever want to further customize them!

8. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You can follow the tag example, just change taxonomy to your taxonomy (Or use the var, i assume $taxonomy is being populated).

   The object you get back from get_taxonomy() does not contain any terms, it contains data on the taxonomy, not the terms that exist for that taxonomy, so take this line from your tags code.
   

   $terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, $args );

   If taxonomy in that case was something other than tags, you get the terms for that taxonomy instead.

   So for example, if i were to call..
   

   $terms = get_taxonomy( 'post_tag' );

   I'd not get any actual tags back, just data about the taxonomy(post_tag in this case)..

   post_tag is a taxonomy
   tags available are terms of that taxonomy

   I think perhaps you just have a little confusion in what a taxonomy is and what a term is, though your tag code looks fine, your taxonomy code should follow the same procedure, and only need a few minor changes, namingly to the taxonomy(which obviously will be something other than post_tag)..
   

   if( is_taxonomy( $taxonomy ) )

   ..should be fine for the condition..

   Print/Dump the query vars so you can see what you're working with..
   

   ?><pre><?php print_r( $wp_query->query_vars) ?></pre><?php

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