Integrating custom field w/ url cloaker WordPress
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Hello all,
I'm in the final stages of wrapping up a big theme project for a client, and one of the things they've asked me to integrated is a link cloaker. I found the "Affiliate hide" plugin but I've been tweaking it so it pulls from a specific custom field.
The main function of the plugin is as follows:
function affiliate_hide() {
global $wp_query;
if( isset( $wp_query->query_vars['go'] )) {
$target = get_post_meta($wp_query->query_vars['go'], 'url', true);
if($target == '') {
wp_redirect(get_option('siteurl')); exit; // if no blog post redirects to index page.
}
wp_redirect($target, 301);
exit;
}
}
The 'url' is referring to the custom field in which the link to be cloaked is found. My problem is that I followed this [URL="http://www.farinspace.com/how-to-create-custom-wordpress-meta-box/"]add meta box[/URL] tutorial to utilize custom fields in a much nicer interface for my clients clients. This particular tutorials stores everything in an array, so I typically access values like so:
$my_meta = get_post_meta($post->ID,'_my_meta',TRUE);
echo $my_meta['link'];
my problem is being able to grab the 'link' in place of the 'url' in the plugin function. I've tried a wide variety of things but just can't seem to figure it out.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Answers (1)
John Cotton answers:
Will this work?
function affiliate_hide() {
global $wp_query;
if( isset( $wp_query->query_vars['go'] )) {
if( $target = get_post_meta( $wp_query->query_vars['go'], '_my_meta', true ) ) {
wp_redirect( $target['url'], 301 );
} else {
wp_redirect(get_option('siteurl')); // if no blog post redirects to index page.
}
exit();
}
}
Andrew Clemente comments:
Unfortunately, it does not.
I've tried various ways of integrating _my_meta[link], but none seem to be successful
John Cotton comments:
Well, it would be a start to see how your actually storing things - do you know?
If not, put this somewhere you can see the output:
print_r(get_post_custom($post_id));
At least then you'll know where you data is and can adjust the $target appropriately...
Andrew Clemente comments:
Here's the output:
Array ( [_my_meta] => Array ( [0] => a:2:{s:4:"link";s:13:"reviewing.net";s:6:"rating";s:1:"1";} ) [_edit_last] => Array ( [0] => 1 ) [_edit_lock] => Array ( [0] => 1328379321:1 ) [_thumbnail_id] => Array ( [0] => 727 ) )
thanks!
John Cotton comments:
Have you tried
wp_redirect( $target['link'], 301 );
in my original code?
Andrew Clemente comments:
It redirects to http://www.domain.com/recommend/Array, so it appears it's still unable to extract the link bit from the array
John Cotton comments:
The array is serialized in your initial output.
What do you get with
$target = get_post_meta( $wp_query->query_vars['go'], '_my_meta', true );
print_r($target);
Andrew Clemente comments:
I ended up changing the value of the "jump link" and it worked. Seemed like all it needed for you original snippet to work was updating the option.
Thanks for much!