[Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] Looping the loop without WP_Query?

With the development version (1.3-alpha3), you can just pass the array of post objects to WP_Query or to get_posts():

$connected = get_posts( array(
  'connected_items' => $zone_posts,
  'connected_type' => array( 'CONNECTION_TYPE1', 'CONNECTION_TYPE2', ... ),
  'connected_direction' => 'any',
  'post_type' => 'any',
  'suppress_filters' => false
) );

This should return all the connected posts involved.

Thanks you so much! That was exactly what I was trying to achieve.

By the way, can I use $connected on p2p_list_posts?

Thanks, again.

EDIT: Hmm just tried it – obviously, if I use p2p_list_posts($connected) on the loop I get the same list of post for every post on the loop :\

I just moved the list splitting logic from each_connected() into a standalone function in the development version. Usage example:

$connected = get_posts( array(
  'connected_items' => $zone_posts,
  'connected_type' => array( 'CONNECTION_TYPE1', 'CONNECTION_TYPE2', ... ),
  'connected_direction' => 'any',
  'post_type' => 'any',
  'suppress_filters' => false
) );

p2p_distribute_connected( $zone_posts, $connected, 'connected' );

foreach ( $zone_posts as $post ) {
  setup_postdata($post);

  the_title();

  p2p_list_posts( $post->connected );

  ...
}

Yay, thanks again! Works as expected. *looks for donate button on your site* ??

Another quick question: if I set 'connected_type' => array( 'posts_to_posts', 'posts_to_galleries', 'posts_to_videos') it only lists posts_to_galleries and _to_videos – however, if I only set 'connected_type' => array( 'posts_to_posts') it does lists the connections from that type. Could this be a bug or expected behavior, since it’s an indeterminate connection type?

Thank you so much again.

EDIT: Actually, it seems the problem occurs everytime I set more than two connection types on that array.

I forgot one thing about the get_posts() call: 'nopaging' => true. See if that helps.

*looks for donate button on your site*

If you can’t find it, it means I suck at design. ??

Ah, that was it!

By the way, how can that new function still be used in a normal WP Query? (I have some pages on the project that don’t rely on Zoninator).

Thanks! And just kicking, the button is very easily found ??

It just takes two arrays of posts:

p2p_distribute_connected( $my_query->posts, $connected, 'connected' );

Hmm I’m using the global $wp_query like this:

$connected = new WP_Query ( array(
  'connected_items' => $wp_query->posts,
  'connected_type' => array( 'posts_to_posts', 'posts_to_fotogalerias', 'posts_to_videos'),
  'connected_direction' => 'any',
  'post_type' => 'any',
  'nopaging' => true,
  'suppress_filters' => false
) );

p2p_distribute_connected( $wp_query->posts, $connected, 'connected' );

…but it only lists one connection for one connection type (even with nopagingset) and I get some warnings (Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in [...]/wp-content/plugins/posts-to-posts/core/api.php on line 339).

Thanks!

p2p_distribute_connected( $wp_query->posts, $connected->posts, 'connected' );

Ah, brilliant.

Also, silly me making a new WP_Queryfor $connected – it works if I do it with get_posts.

Thanks again for all the help, donation on its way.