Passing category ID variable to determine expiration WordPress

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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 <em>believe</em> 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

Answers (2)

2010-05-13

Utkarsh Kukreti answers:

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"));

}

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Mike McAlister comments:

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. You win!

Thanks Utkarsh!

2010-05-13

Oleg Butuzov answers:

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
}
}