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Wordpress: Returns an array of all meta values over all posts of a certain type based on a key, can be unique or not
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<?php | |
/** | |
* Returns an array of all meta values over all posts of a certain type based on a key, can be unique or not | |
*/ | |
function nigelheap_get_meta_values($key = '', $type = 'post', $status = 'publish', $unique = true) { | |
global $wpdb; | |
if( empty( $key ) ) | |
return; | |
$distinct = ''; | |
if($unique){ | |
$distinct = 'DISTINCT'; | |
} | |
$r = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( " | |
SELECT {$distinct} pm.meta_value FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} pm | |
LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->posts} p ON p.ID = pm.post_id | |
WHERE pm.meta_key = '%s' | |
AND p.post_status = '%s' | |
AND p.post_type = '%s' | |
", $key, $status, $type ) ); | |
return $r; | |
} |
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