Updated by Joey Hernandez 2017-09-07

File file.php Added

+<?php

+/**

+ * usage

+ */

+$all_meta = get_meta( get_the_ID() );

+$meta_value = ( array_key_exists( 'meta_name', $all_meta ) && $all_meta['meta_name'] != '' ) ? $all_meta['meta_name'] : '';

Created by Joey Hernandez 2017-09-07

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File functions.php Added

+<?php

+/**

+ * Get Meta

+ *

+ * Utility function used to consolidate the quering of multiple meta values

+ * for the given object.

+ *

+ * @param int	 	$id ID of the current object.

+ * @param mixed		$fields Array/string containing meta field(s) to retrieve from database.

+ * @param string	$type Type of metadata request. Options: post/term/user

+ * @param constant	$output pre-defined constant for return type (OBJECT/ARRAY_A)

+ *

+ * @return mixed	MySQL object/Associative Array containing returned post metadata.

+ */

+function get_meta( $id = null, $fields = array(), $type = 'post', $output = ARRAY_A ) {

+	global $wpdb;

+	$fields		= esc_sql( $fields );

+	$values_arr	= array();

+	$values_obj	= new stdClass();

+	$dbtable	= $wpdb->{$type.'meta'};

+	$column_id	= $type . '_id';

+	$id			= $id == null ? get_the_ID() : $id ;

+	$query		= "SELECT meta_key, meta_value FROM {$dbtable} WHERE {$column_id} = {$id}";

+	if ( !empty( $fields ) ) {

+		if ( is_array( $fields ) ) {

+			$query .= " AND meta_key IN ('". implode("','", $fields) ."')";

+		} else {

+			$query .= " AND meta_key = '{$fields}'";

+		}

+	}

+	$results	=  $wpdb->get_results( $query, OBJECT_K );

+	foreach ( $results as $key => $result ) {

+		$values_arr[$key]	= $result->meta_value;

+		$values_obj->{$key}	= $result->meta_value;

+	}

+	if ( !is_array( $fields ) && !empty( $values_arr[$fields] ) ) {

+		return $output == ARRAY_A ? $values_arr[$fields] : $values_obj[$fields];

+	}

+	return $output == ARRAY_A ? $values_arr : $values_obj;

+}