Get filtered list of url's of media, for use in JS or jQuery custom animation

Dimitri,

Thanks for your question. It looks like you are going to be writing some PHP code to set up the JS array; is that right?

You could use the [mla_gallery] shortcode to get the URL values, along the lines of this recent support topic:

Get URL of images with from specific Category

You could also use the WordPress WP_Query class directly to get the items you want and then use the WordPress get_attachment_link()and/or wp_get_attachment_url() functions to get the URL information you want. This second alternative might be easier since you are working in PHP anyway.

Have a look at the support topic and the Codex pages and let me know if you need more help with either approach. I will leave this topic unresolved until I hear back from you. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.

Hi David.
Your #1 advice works, thanks. Here below the .js code extract.

<script type="text/javascript">
    var mediaList=[
  <?php
    $gallery = do_shortcode( '[mla_gallery attachment_tag="Anniversaire" attachment_category="Cartoon" post_parent=all size=full link=none mla_style=none orderby=rand]' );
    $count = preg_match_all( '/src=(\"[^\"]*\")/', $gallery, $mla_matches );
    if ( $count ) {
        echo implode(",", $mla_matches[1]);
    }
  ?>
    ];
   alert(mediaList.join("\n"));
</script>

I’ll probably dig into the #2 advice as well, since I feel it’s a bit pity to format, then unformat the list.
Dimitri.

Thank you, Dimitri, for your update and for taking the time to post your code extract. I am happy the suggestions I gave led you to a solution. As you observed, solution #2 might be simpler; it would be great to see code for that as well.

I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or further questions about generating the URLs you need. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.