Array Meta Query of a Custom Field ?How?

Hi @virgilio27

Please try the IN compare type.

Cheers, Jory

Nothing comes out, any way to see what the array contains?

Hi @virgilio27

Ah right, sorry, now I also see you’ve used the post name. You could use the post ID as these are stored in the database.

Cheers, Jory

Oh, and you can use -1 for posts_per_page if you want to fetch all relationships.

Nothing. The strange thing is that if I leave it like that* the posts do come out, but all the posts that have any actor come out, not only those of that CPT.

*

$name = $post->post_name; //get the slug of the current CPTactors 
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 199,
'meta_query' => array(array(
	'key' => 'actors',
	),
),
);

$loop = new WP_Query($args)

Hi @virgilio27

You’ll still need to add the full meta query:

	'key' => 'actors',
        'value' => $post->ID,
	'compare' => 'IN',

Cheers, Jory

Yeesss. It Works!!!

The error was in the field “value”, wasn’t it supposed to be the exact name?

No, relationships are always stored by their ID’s.

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