Question

This code works:

$row = array(5,6,89,97,101);
$found = array();
$post = 89;
$count_row = count($row);
for($i = 0; $i < $count_row; $i++){
    if($row[$i]==$post){
        $found[] = $row[$i-2];
        $found[] = $row[$i-1];
        $found[] = $row[$i];
        $found[] = $row[$i+1];
        $found[] = $row[$i+2];
        var_dump($found);
    }
}

And this does not, probably doing something wrong in the mysql_fetch_array;

$found = array();
        $q = "SELECT object_id FROM wp_term_relationships WHERE term_taxonomy_id='$term_tax_id'";
        $rs = mysql_query($q) or die(mysql_error());
        $row = mysql_fetch_array($rs, MYSQL_NUM);
        $count_row = count($row);
        for($i = 0; $i < $count_row; $i++){
        print_r($row);
            if($row[$i]==$post){
                $found[] = $row[$i-2];
                $found[] = $row[$i-1];
                $found[] = $row[$i];
                $found[] = $row[$i+1];
                $found[] = $row[$i+2];
                var_dump($found);
            }
        }

Nothing is shown if post is more than 1.
Anyone know a way to solve this problem?

Answer 1

The select statement should be rewritten so as to return only the values you’re looking for. One way to do this is with a UNION of two selects, one returning lesser object IDs and one returning greater. You should also make use of WordPress’s wpdb class. For one thing, a site admin may change the table prefix from “wp_” to something else; $wpdb->term_relationships will give the correct name for the table.

$statement = $wpdb->prepare(
   "  (SELECT object_id 
        FROM $wpdb->term_relationships 
        WHERE term_taxonomy_id= %d 
          AND object_id <= %d
        ORDER BY object_id DESC 
        LIMIT 3)
    UNION
      (SELECT object_id 
        FROM $wpdb->term_relationships 
        WHERE term_taxonomy_id= %d
          AND object_id > %d
        ORDER BY object_id ASC 
        LIMIT 2)
      ORDER BY object_id", $term_tax_id, $post, $term_tax_id, $post);
$found = $wpdb->get_results($statement);

This also has the advantage of working when there are less than two terms relationships before or after the center (the object with id $post).