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Maanstraat
Maanstraat

Reputation: 1251

Post object show term name

How can i show the term name thats linked to the post of a post object (ACF)?

With this code i can see the title of that post:

get_the_title( get_field('which_game')->ID );

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1113

Answers (1)

FluffyKitten
FluffyKitten

Reputation: 14312

To get the term names for a post, you can use either of these functions:

  1. wp_get_post_terms
  2. get_the_terms

They work the same way but have slightly different argument lists, and more crucially get_the_terms works on cached data (making it quicker) whereas wp_get_post_terms doesn't.

$postObj = get_field('which_game');

// DEPENDING ON WHICH FUNCTION YOU WANT TO USE:
$terms = get_the_terms( $postObj->ID, 'provider');
// OR 
$terms = wp_get_post_terms( $postObj->ID, 'provider' array( 'fields' => 'name') );

// Both functions return arrays, even if there is just 1 term
// so loop through the terms returned to add the names to an array
foreach ($terms as $term) 
    $term_names[] = $term->name;

// turn the array into a comma-separated string (of just the name on its own if there is just 1)
$term_name_str =  implode("','",$term_names);

If you are sure you will only have 1 term you could just check that there are any results returned and then get the first one:

if (count($terms) > 1) 
    $term_name_str = $terms[0]->name;

However, the first example works well for just 1 term and is more flexible.

Note - this code is untested so it might have a few syntax errors, but the basic concept is correct.

Upvotes: 2

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