WordPress Post term list via AJAX

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<?php
/* 
 * A demo function to compile a list of locations (WordPress Terms) based on a 'type' (also WordPress Terms: 'commercial', 'residential', 'land'). Requested and returned via AJAX.
 *
 * @author Phil Kershaw
 */
add_action('wp_ajax_get_locations', 'get_locations');
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_get_locations', 'get_locations');

function get_locations()
{
	global $wpdb;
	$type = $_POST['type'];

	$query = "	SELECT DISTINCT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.ID 
				FROM wp_posts
				INNER JOIN wp_term_relationships
				  ON (wp_posts.ID = wp_term_relationships.object_id) 
				INNER JOIN wp_term_taxonomy
				  ON wp_term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id = wp_term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id
				INNER JOIN wp_terms
				  ON wp_term_taxonomy.term_id = wp_terms.term_id
				WHERE (wp_posts.post_type = 'sale')
				  AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish')
				  AND (wp_terms.slug = '$type')";

	$ids = $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare($query));
	
	foreach($ids as $id)
	{
		$terms = wp_get_post_terms($id->ID, 'location');
		foreach($terms as $term)
		{
			foreach($locations as $index => $location)
			{
				$match = false;
				if ($location['slug'] == $term->slug)
				{
					$locations[$index]['total']++;
					$match = true;
					break;
				}
			}
			if ($match != true)
			{
				$locations[] = array(
					'name' => $term->name,
					'slug' => $term->slug,
					'total' => 1
					);
			}
		}
	}
	sort($locations);
	die(json_encode($locations));
}