Change listing category programmatically

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  • June 3, 2018 at 8:01 pm #433418

    Alex Howes
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    Hello,

    Is there a function that can be used to change the category of a listing programmatically?

    Thanks,
    Alex

    June 4, 2018 at 1:29 am #433458

    Kor
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    Hi Alex,

    Thanks for your post. Could you tell us a little bit more about what are you trying to achieve?

    Thanks!

    June 4, 2018 at 11:16 am #433545

    Alex Howes
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    Hi Kor,

    I have a form (separate to GD) and when it’s submitted I’d like to change the category of the user’s listing by specifying the listing ID. I’ve created the form and have written a php snippet to hook into the form submit action. I was wondering if you knew what GD function I could use to change the listing category programmatically. I considered using geodir_save_post_meta but the category field looked complicated, so I wasn’t sure.

    Alex

    June 4, 2018 at 8:35 pm #433659

    Alex Howes
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    I was also wondering if there’s a GD function to check the category of a listing programmatically?

    June 5, 2018 at 7:38 am #433711

    Kiran
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    Hi Alex,

    There is no function for this, but you can take reference of existing code to set categories to the listing.
    https://github.com/GeoDirectory/geodirectory/blob/master/geodirectory-functions/post_functions.php#L450
    https://github.com/kprajapatii/geodirectory/blob/master/geodirectory-admin/admin_functions.php#L4518

    Kiran

    June 12, 2018 at 9:14 pm #434728

    Alex Howes
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    Hi Kiran,

    Thanks for your reply. I’ve had a look at the code- can I simply use the WP function wp_set_object_terms with $post_category set to an array containing the category ID?

    Alex

    June 13, 2018 at 6:30 am #434788

    Kiran
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    Hello Alex,

    Yes, you can assign categories to listing by using that function, but you need to also execute function geodir_set_postcat_structure() (see https://github.com/GeoDirectory/geodirectory/blob/master/geodirectory-functions/post_functions.php#L472 )

    This function will adjust default category and category structure after assigned to listing.

    Kiran

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