Show highest and lowest taxonomy value

I’d try something like this:

<?php
$players_list = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'players' );
$player_names = wp_list_pluck( $players_list, 'name' );
$range = min( $player_names ) . '-' . max( $player_names );
echo "Players: $range";
?>

The first line handles fetching the terms for the post, but doesn’t do anything for outut. The second line plucks just the term names out of the results from the term list, and the rest just handles grabbing the lowest and highest values out of that array.

Wow thanks a bunch Michael. Didn’t expect any answer on a Saturday.

It almost did the trick. The only thing is, that the numbers aren’t linking to the archive listing like other taxonomies. Would like to be able to show all the X player games for instance.

See all the 3 player games…

• This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by Thomas Clausen.

So you need the text linked to an archive, and you want it to be an archive showing posts from all of the terms? Otherwise, i may need a better idea of what markup/output you’re hoping for.

It’s just me not explaining it well I think. I just want to be able the click the numbers in the output. So if the output is:

Players: 2-8

Then I would want to be able to click the 2 or the 8 taking me to the archive listing of both.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by Thomas Clausen.

Gotcha, but definitely adds to the complexity as well, especially with each number being its own term and having its own archive. Having them clickable and leading to an archive that lists both, would require amending queries somehow to make the archive show both. Another consideration would be how the URL should appear, which gets into rewrite rule modifications.

That said, making the 2 clickable and leading to just the 2 archive, and then the same with the 8 being clickable into the 8 archive would be easy-peasy fine.

It was actually just the easy solution I was looking for. The One taking me to the two different archives respectfully.

Try this version out:

<?php
$players_list = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'players' );
$player_names = wp_list_pluck( $players_list, 'name' );
$range = sprintf(
	'<a href="%s">%s</a>-<a href="%s">%s</a>';
	get_term_link( min( $player_names ), 'players' ),
	min( $player_names ),
	get_term_link( max( $player_names ), 'players' )
	max( $player_names )
);
echo "Players: $range";
?>

I’ve been toying around with it, but it gives a parse error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting ',' or ')' in /home/www/.../wp-content/plugins/php-code-widget/execphp.php(27) : eval()'d code on line 5

Can you help me the last yard? Thanks for your patience Michael.

Oops, looks like I typo’d on this line:

'<a href="%s">%s</a>-<a href="%s">%s</a>';

Needs to be a comma at the end, not a semicolon.

Fantastic. It was also missing a comma a bit further down. But for others that come this way to see how to do this. Here’s the solution:

<?php
$players_list = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'players' );
$player_names = wp_list_pluck( $players_list, 'name' );
$range = sprintf(
	'<a href="%s">%s</a>-<a href="%s">%s</a>',
	get_term_link( min( $player_names ), 'players' ),
	min( $player_names ),
	get_term_link( max( $player_names ), 'players' ),
	max( $player_names )
);
echo "Players: $range";
?>

Michael you are the man! I want to support you back. Where’s the donate button or plugins I can buy to support you?

Gah, so many typos.

A solid review of the plugin would be donation enough, to be honest ??

Thanks.

Done ??

Two things to be conscious of:
1. If I haven’t filled out the values in the custom taxonomy, it gives a bunch of errors
2. If I only fill out one value (for instance for a two player game), it says:
2-2 Players