I would like to Query a custom post by the current ACF Meta Key values on a single custom post type page. I currently have a CPT called "news", a single-news.php page and ACF checkbox labeled news_type. Within page I would like to find the current news_type Meta_key value and query the posts that contain the same value, like a related news section. After some research I found that it is possible to query by meta_key like so:
<?php
// args
$args = array(
'numberposts' => 6,
'post_type' => 'news',
'meta_key' => var_dump( $my_current_meta_value ),
);
// query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if( $the_query->have_posts() ): ?>
<ul class="row small-up-2 medium-up-2 large-up-1">
<?php while( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<li class="column column-block">
<div class="large-10 columns large-centered">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<article>
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
the_post_thumbnail();
}
?>
<hr>
<h4 class="entry-title"><?php the_title() ?></h4>
</article>
</a>
</div>
</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>
<ul>
I am aware that wordpress lets you get_post_meta() and would look like this
<?php $my_current_meta_value = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'news_type', true ); ?>
based on this approach I should be able to pass my variable through the meta_value like so:
<?php
// args
$my_current_meta_value = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'news_type', true );
$args = array(
'numberposts' => 6,
'post_type' => 'news',
'meta_key' => ''.$my_current_meta_value.''
);
// query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if( $the_query->have_posts() ): ?>
<ul class="row small-up-2 medium-up-2 large-up-1">
<?php while( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<li class="column column-block">
<div class="large-10 columns large-centered">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<article>
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
the_post_thumbnail();
}
?>
<hr>
<h4 class="entry-title"><?php the_title() ?></h4>
</article>
</a>
</div>
</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); // Restore global post data stomped by the_post(). ?>
<ul>
The True parameter above is said to grab the first associated value with the meta_key and query based on that but this doesn't seem to be working and i get a Notice: Array to string conversion. I would really appreciate the help.