get_terms on save_post hook

Question

Usually, if I want to check for some attribute of the post I'm about to publish, I will check like this:

$post_title = $_POST['post_title'];

post_title is the name of the title field in the edit window.

I thought I'd apply the same logic to the taxonomy meta box.

$formats = $_POST['tax_input[formats][]'];

Essentially, I'm trying to check if a specific taxonomy term is being selected when I publish a post.

Answer 1

You're on the right track.

When you do something like this in a form..

<input name="tax_input[formats][]" />

You create levels in the $_POST array.

So you'd get the formats array like this...

<?php
$formats = $_POST['tax_input']['formats'];

Full example...

<?php
add_action('save_post', 'wpse74017_save');
function wpse74017_save($post_id)
{
    // check nonces and capabilities here.

    // use a ternary statement to make sure the input is actually set
    // remember that `save_post` fires on every post save (any post type).
    $formats = isset($_POST['tax_input']['formats']) ? $_POST['tax_input']['formats'] : array();

     // do stuff with $formats
}

Answer 2

$formats = $_POST['tax_input[formats][]'];

???????

A var_dump( $_POST ); could be helpfull

'tax_input' => 
    array (size=1)
      'post_tag' => string 'tag_a,tag_b,tag_c' (length=...)

Try this:

add_action( 'save_post', 'find_post_tax' );

function find_post_tax(){

  $tax_to_fetch = 'supersonicscrewdriver';
  $found = false;

  if( isset( $_POST['tax_input']['formats'] ) && ! empty( $_POST['tax_input']['formats'] ) ){
    $taxs = explode( ',', $_POST['tax_input']['formats'] );
    $found = in_array( $tax_to_fetch, $taxs );
  }

  return $found;

}