Passing Array into Wordpress Loop

Question

I am trying to store different values into an array based on a number of conditions like so:

<?php $sort= $_GET['sort']; 

     if($sort == "title") { $args = array('orderby'=>'title','order'=>'ASC'); } 
     elseif($sort == "date") { $args = array('orderby'=>'date'); } 
     else{ $args = array('orderby'=>'date','order'=>'DESC'); } 
?>

And then I am trying to insert the variable $args into the wordpress loop using WP_Query like so:

<?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( $args, 'post_type' => 'films', 'post_parent' => 0, 'posts_per_page' => -1 ) ); ?>

    <?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>

    wordpress loop stuff, and the end while, end if

This is not working correctly. Am I passing the array into the wordpress loop incorrectly?

You shouldn't ask new questions when there are answer to previous ones you didn't try. — Tomasz Kowalczyk
– Tomasz Kowalczyk, Commented Jun 23, 2012 at 15:44
Correct answer is here, thanks Tomasz: stackoverflow.com/questions/11170480/… — JCHASE11
– JCHASE11, Commented Jun 23, 2012 at 15:59

Chris_O · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-23 16:00:30Z

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Your passing an array, $args, into another array. WP_Query can't understand the double nested array.

Why don't you just set a variable for the value you want assigned to the orderby and order parameters based on the result of the conditionals.

if ( $sort == 'title' ) {
   $orderby = 'title';
   $order = 'ASC';
} esleif ( // ....etc

Then in your query array:

  'orderby' => $orderby, 'order' => $order, etc..

answered Jun 23, 2012 at 16:00

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