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1. wasnotwas
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I want to issue a query_post when my posts are under a certain category parent. I am having problems when the posts are filed under more than one category. The
   get_the_category() request always returns that the post is a child of a parent.

   For instance.
   If post A, is under category 16 and 10, and category 16 is a child of category 6. All posts that are children of category 6 I want to be sorted ASC. I use get_the_category() to find the parent. I use foo.com/?cat=16 as the URL. That will work.

   When I use foo.com/?cat=10. I get incorrect posts being shown, and sorted ASC, as the get_the_category() still returns the parent as category 6, when it should be 0.

   Is there a way around this?

2. wasnotwas
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   This code outside the loop works.
   
<?php // This code checks to see if the parent is 6. There may be more than one category assigned to a post.
$savecat=$cat; // savecat is the cat found in the URL it need to be checked againt the possible categories for the post
foreach((get_the_category()) as $cat) {
if ( $cat->cat_ID == $savecat ): // Only when they agree will we check the parent
if ( $cat->category_parent=='6' ):
$query=$query_string . '&order=ASC'; // Then change the Sort order ASC if 6 is parent
query_posts($query);
endif;
endif;
}
?>


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