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1. mohawktopus
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello all, this should be a quick fix (hah!), I just don't have the php skills.

   This is in my sidebar.php displaying all media uploaded to my wordpress installation. I want to filter it so that it only will display media if it has certain file extensions, (i.e. pdf, doc, rtf). What do I need to change/add in order for that to happen?

   <?php
   
   $args = array(
   	'post_type' => 'attachment',
   	'numberposts' => -1,
   	'post_status' => null,
   	'post_parent' => null, // any parent
   	);
   $attachments = get_posts($args);
   if ($attachments) {
   	foreach ($attachments as $post) { ?>
   <li>
   <?php
   		setup_postdata($post);
   		the_attachment_link($post->ID, true);
   ?>
   </li>
   
   <?php
   	}
   }
   
   ?>

2. mohawktopus
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I found this snippet:

   <?php
   // list of approved file extensions
   $approved = array (
       'pdf' => "application/pdf",
       'doc' => "application/msword",
       'gif' => "image/gif",
       'jpg' => "image/jpeg",
       'jpeg' => "image/jpeg"
   };
   
   // for display purposes
   $filename = "index.html";
   
   // get the filename
   $ext = pathinfo($filename);
   
   switch (array_key_exists($ext['extension'], $approved)) {
       case true:
           break; // do nothing, break out...
       case false:
           echo $ext['extension'] ." is invalid!";
           exit;
       break;
   }
   
   ?>

   Is there anyway to integrate this with the above to solve my problem?

3. mohawktopus
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I finally made a solution! I feel so proud :)

   Put this in sidebar.php:
   

   <li><h2>Recent Attachments</h2>
   <ul>
   <?php
   $valid_ext = array("pdf", "doc", "rtf", "zip");
   $args = array(
   	'post_type' => 'attachment',
   	'numberposts' => -1,
   	'post_status' => null,
   	'post_parent' => null, // any parent
   	);
   $attachments = get_posts($args);
   if ($attachments) {
   	foreach ($attachments as $post) {
   $ext = getFileExt(wp_get_attachment_url($post->ID, false));
   if(in_array($ext, $valid_ext)) {
    ?>
   <li>
   <?php
   	setup_postdata($post);
   	the_attachment_link($post->ID, true);
   ?>
   </li>
   <?php
                   }
   	}
   }
   ?>

   And define getFileExt() in wp-includes/functions.php by pasting this at the bottom (before the final ?>):
   

   function getFileExt($file) {
        return strtolower(substr(strrchr($file,'.'),1));
   }

   This will put the latest uploads of particular extensions (defined by you in the $valid_ext array) in your sidebar. I needed this because I'm creating a website for a Boy Scout troop, and the latest permission slips and agendas need to be on the front page, while any images or other media they may upload do not.

   Hope this helps out someone else, too.

4. Mark
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thank you! this is almost exactly what i'm looking for! :P

   i'm needing this list to generate the list of attachments of the current post

   can the above script be tailored to accomplish this?

   thanks for your help!
   regards

5. Edde
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   @YellowLlama: you might want to change
   'post_parent' => null, // any parent
   in
   'post_parent' => $post->ID,

6. Edde
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   OK. That was a bit short. I've puzzled together the following, grabbing code from forum. This creates a bullet list of .pdf and .doc attachments.

   <ul>
       <?php
           $args = array(
             'post_type' => 'attachment',
             'post_mime_type' => 'application/pdf,application/msword',
             'numberposts' => -1,
             'post_status' => null,
             'post_parent' => $post->ID,
             'orderby' => 'menu_order',
             'order' => 'desc'
             );
           $attachments = get_posts($args);
           if ($attachments) {
             foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
               echo '<li><a href="'.wp_get_attachment_url($attachment->ID).'">';
               echo $attachment->post_title;
               echo '</a></li>';
             }
           }
       ?>
       </ul>

7. Tbuyle
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Works just great for me. Thanks 1

8. anabelle
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks :)

9. patricia1706
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I've got code similar to edde, only mine is with images.
   In this line:echo '<li><a href="'.wp_get_attachment_url($attachment->ID).'">';
   I'm having difficulty having the title of the image ($attachment->post_title) being dynamically inserted into the a href call:
   echo '<li><a href="'.wp_get_attachment_url($attachment->ID).'" rel="shadowbox">';
   I've got the rel="shadowbox" so that the text link will pop open an image shadowbox (this is working). In order to have a title on the pop up window I need to include this within the a href string...can any one offer a suggestion?
   Thanks!

10. patricia1706
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Figured out in case anyone will have the same problem in the future:
    

    <?php
            $args = array(
              'post_type' => 'attachment',
              'post_mime_type' => 'image',
              'numberposts' => -1,
              'post_status' => null,
              'post_parent' => $post->ID,
              'orderby' => 'menu_order',
              'order' => 'ASC'
              );
            $attachments = get_posts($args);
            if ($attachments) {
              foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
                echo '<li><a href="'.wp_get_attachment_url($attachment->ID).'" rel="shadowbox" title="'.$attachment->post_excerpt.'">';
                echo $attachment->post_title;
                echo '</a></li>';
              }
            }
        ?>

    This will display the image caption in the shadow box.

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