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Passing category ID variable to determine expiration

Hello,
What I'm trying to do here is catch the post ID and pass it into a function that will determine the expiration date of a post.

The code below belongs to a PHP page that is processing a form on a classifieds page. The form passes the values to this file and it turns the values into custom fields, etc.

Earlier in the code the cat is defined like this:



$post_cat 	= (int)cp_filter($_POST['cat']);

$post_cat_array = array("$post_cat");

Down the page a bit more is where I believe I need help. Where I have the "in_category" function, I think I need something like "if $post_cat = 30 {do this}". I believe this should be possible since the category is being defined previously.





$post_id = wp_insert_post( array(

	'post_author'	=> $user_id,

	'post_title'	=> $post_title,

	'post_content'	=> $description,

	'post_category'	=> $post_cat_array,

	'post_status'	=> $post_status,

	'tags_input'	=> $post_tags

) );



//the issue lies in this 'custom' function

if ( in_category( 4 )) {	

$ad_length = 30;

$expires = date('m/d/Y G:i:s', strtotime("+" . $ad_length . " days"));



} elseif ( in_category( 14 )) {



$ad_length = 365;

$expires = date('m/d/Y G:i:s', strtotime("+" . $ad_length . " days"));

}

//end of that custom function



add_post_meta($post_id, 'location', $location, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'city', $city, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'state', $state, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'neighborhood', $neighborhood, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'zip', $zip, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'zip2', $zip2, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'zip3', $zip3, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'price', $price, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'name', $name, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'email', $email, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'phone', $phone, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'images', $images, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'expires', $expires, true);

add_post_meta($post_id, 'cp_adURL', $cp_adURL, true);

If there is an easier way to go about this, that would also be welcomed!

Thanks!
Mike

Mike McAlister | 05/13/10 at 5:40am | Edit

category id, expiration

(2) Possible Answers Submitted...

Last edited:
05/13/10
5:54am

Utkarsh Kukreti says:

if ( $post_cat == 4 ) {	



$ad_length = 30;

$expires = date('m/d/Y G:i:s', strtotime("+" . $ad_length . " days"));



} elseif ( $post_cat == 14 ) {



$ad_length = 365;

$expires = date('m/d/Y G:i:s', strtotime("+" . $ad_length . " days"));



}

Previous versions of this answer: 05/13/10 at 5:46am

05/13/10 5:53am

Mike McAlister says:
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. You win!

Thanks Utkarsh!

Last edited:
05/13/10
5:55am

Oleg Butuzov says:

just filter it.



//do_action( "added_{$meta_type}_meta", $wpdb->insert_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );

add_action('added_post_meta', 'added_post_meta_filter',1,4);



function added_post_meta_filter($postid,$objectid,$mk,$vl){

	if ($mk == 'exiers'){

        //here is should be get post categories, 

        // is post in categories,

        // is yeas filter data

        // and direct update thought wpdb 

        }

}

Previous versions of this answer: 05/13/10 at 5:49am | 05/13/10 at 5:54am | 05/13/10 at 5:54am | 05/13/10 at 5:55am

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