/**
* Get a collection of catalog items from the database using an array of ids.
* May possibly return an empty array.
*
* @param ids $ids The array of catalog item ids to be fetched from the database.
* @return array An array of CataBlogItem objects
*/
public static function getItemsByIds($ids)
{
$items = array();
if (!is_array($ids) || empty($ids)) {
$ids = array(-1);
}
$ids = array_unique($ids);
$cata = new CataBlogItem();
$params = array('post_type' => $cata->getCustomPostName(), 'post__in' => $ids, 'numberposts' => -1);
$posts = get_posts($params);
// return an array of CataBlogItems
foreach ($posts as $post) {
$item = new CataBlogItem();
$item->id = $post->ID;
$item->title = $post->post_title;
$item->description = $post->post_content;
$item->date = $post->post_date;
$item->categories = array();
$item->order = $post->menu_order;
$item->_post_name = $post->post_name;
$item_cats = array();
if (true) {
// $load_categories
$category_ids = array();
$terms = get_the_terms($post->ID, $item->_custom_tax_name);
if (is_array($terms)) {
foreach ($terms as $term) {
$category_ids[$term->term_id] = $term->name;
}
}
$item->categories = $category_ids;
}
$meta = get_post_meta($post->ID, $item->_post_meta_name, true);
$item->processPostMeta($meta);
$items[$item->id] = $item;
}
return $items;
}
