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Compare two meta_values in WP_Query
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<?php | |
add_filter( 'posts_request', 'gist_posts_request' ); | |
function gist_posts_request( $sql ) { | |
if ( strrpos( $sql, 'value_of_' ) === false ) { | |
return $sql; | |
} | |
$matches = array(); | |
preg_match_all( "/'value_of_[^']*'/", $sql, $matches ); | |
foreach ( $matches as $match ) { | |
$meta_key = substr( trim( $match[0], "'" ), 9 ); | |
preg_match( "/mt[0-9]*.meta_key = '$meta_key'/", $sql, $meta_key_match); | |
if ( empty( $meta_key_match ) ) { | |
continue; | |
} | |
$meta_key = explode( '=', $meta_key_match[0] ); | |
$meta_key = trim( $meta_key[0] ); | |
$sql_to_add = "CAST($meta_key AS SIGNED)"; | |
$sql = str_replace( $match[0], $sql_to_add, $sql ); | |
} | |
return $sql; | |
} | |
/* | |
WP_Query 'meta_query' arg should be like this (with 'value_of_{meta_key}'): | |
'meta_query' => array( | |
'relation' => 'AND', | |
array( | |
'key' => 'meta_key_one', | |
'value' => 'value_of_' . 'meta_key_two', | |
'compare' => '>', | |
'type' => 'NUMERIC', | |
), | |
array( | |
'key' => 'meta_key_two', | |
'compare' => 'EXISTS', | |
) | |
), | |
*/ |
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