Use meta field for taxonomy value display

Anonymous

#48863

GOT IT!

Just trying to figure out why my “All authors” label is now missing, but the names are showing up properly! Was just missing the “->value” after the $option above:

function filter_function_name($input_object, $sfid) {

	if ($input_object['name'] == '_sft_author') {

		global $coauthors_plus;
		
		//udpate this field before rendering

			foreach($input_object['options'] as $key => $option) {

				$user = $coauthors_plus->get_coauthor_by( 'user_nicename', $option->value );

    			$input_object['options'][$key]->label = $user->display_name;

        	}

	}
	
	return $input_object;

}

add_filter('sf_input_object_pre', 'filter_function_name', 10, 2);

Will post back in a few with final code, once I’ve figured out where my main label has gone!

Anonymous

#48864

Done!

Added back the “All Authors” title and my post count. Final code:

// Trial by fire

function filter_function_name($input_object, $sfid) {

	if ($input_object['name'] == '_sft_author') {

		global $coauthors_plus;
		
		//udpate this field before rendering

			foreach($input_object['options'] as $key => $option) {

				if($option->value=="")
					{//the option with no value is always the "all items" or unselected state
						$option->label = "All Authors";
					}

				else {

				$user = $coauthors_plus->get_coauthor_by( 'user_nicename', $option->value );

    			$input_object['options'][$key]->label = $user->display_name . ' (' . $option->count . ')';

    			}

        	}

	}
	
	return $input_object;

}

add_filter('sf_input_object_pre', 'filter_function_name', 10, 2);

Anonymous

#48917

Hi, thanks for the code, honestly i would not be able to do this!

I try and tell you if it works (but i guess it does)!

Anonymous

#48924

wonderful, it works fine!!! i ask for the last help, if possible, an orderby (last_name or whatever) option in the code

thanks again

Anonymous

#48950

Awesome! Glad it’s working, Davide! 😀

Is there something specific you wanted to sort by, or were you looking for a few different options?

And if sorting by last_name, do you need to display your authors last name first? (Something like “Poli, Corrado”?

Anonymous

#48957

hi, thanks for your answer.

It would be enough to be able to order by last name, and if it is possible to make the name appear with last name for first it would be good too!

Thanks

Anonymous

#49404

Hi, have you found some way for ordering the query? I tried but no success by now, hope there are good news!

Thanks for your answer

Ross Moderator

#49469

Hey Davide

Just to let you know (you probably did already) that Jon is a regular (well, a really helpful..) user.

You are entering unchartered territory so I don’t have anything to hand that will do what you want, this is all quite custom work really.

To order the query itself (ie the results), there are options in S&F for this under the “posts” tab – but – what I think you mean is the ordering of the field options, by last name?

As I mentioned I don’t have anything to hand, but I know what your looking to do is a pure PHP thing really, ordering an array, by the second word in the string of an array value… I did a quick google, and it looks like this can help achieve what you are trying to do:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9370615/how-to-sort-an-array-of-names-by-surname-preserving-the-keys

Thanks

Anonymous

#49503

Thanks, Ross! 🙂

Sorry, Davide! I haven’t had a chance to look at this yet. Work got kinda busy. Bleurrrrgh!

As far as putting the last name first bit goes, that’s easy. All you have to do is change display_name to a combination of last_name, first_name. The code would look something like this:

// Relabel Co-Authors in Search & Filter

	function filter_function_name($input_object, $sfid) {

		if ($input_object['name'] == '_sft_author') {

			global $coauthors_plus;
			
			// Update option labels before rendering

				foreach($input_object['options'] as $key => $option) {

					// Rename "all items" label - this is always the option with no value

					if($option->value=="") {

							$option->label = "All Authors";

						}

					else {

						$user = $coauthors_plus->get_coauthor_by( 'user_nicename', $option->value );

						$input_object['options'][$key]->label = $user->last_name . ', ' . $user->first_name . ' ' . ' (' . $option->count . ')';

	    			}

	        	}

		}
		
		return $input_object;

	}

	add_filter('sf_input_object_pre', 'filter_function_name', 10, 2);

As for sorting, I think Ross is right and that the best way to go about it is using one of the standard PHP sorts.

I’ll have a look at doing that in the next couple of days. Would be a useful one to figure out! 🙂

Anonymous

#49504

Hi, thanks both for your answers 🙂

i’ll the code you suggest (i tried with something similar, but was not successfull), if i have news i post here

thanks again!

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