How to get data out of a custom field that holds an array

The get_option() function will do all of the work for you.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/get_option

Hmm. How does it do the work? I’m reading the reference and I’m looking at the option reference page, but I’m not putting 2 and 2 together. Apologies.

Thanks.

Nadine

<?php $arry = get_option('name_in_wp_options_table');?>

Ok that makes sense, but the data isn’t in the wp_options table, its in wp_postmeta. any suggestions about that?

In that case:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/get_post_meta

Especially the section relating to the $single parameter – which should be set to true to return an unserialized array.

Hmm, that’s coming up empty. I’ve used it before in the loop to grab image and url’s and other things (awesome), but here its just working. But here i have to find it and pull it before the loop.

I was trying this sort:

<?php $making_args = array(
			'cat' => 22,
			'meta_key' => 'lesson-type',
			'meta_value' => 'Secondary',
			'posts_per_page' => 10,
			'offset' => 0,
			)
			?>

Which is ok, as long as that meta value is a single input (ie the magic field’s drop drop down, a text-box etc), but when its not….nothing.

Thanks for the links tho. ??

Oh I meant not working. “Here its just not working”. ?? Hmm. Is there a way to maybe do this another way?