/*
* This function checks if a post is inserted in the wp database based on a metakey and a metavalue, and return its postid if it is present
* $is_meta_value_unique contains true or false. if true is passed then one postid is returned else array of postids is returned
*/
check_if_a_post_is_inserted($meta_key_name, $meta_key_value, $posttype, $is_meta_value_unique);
function check_if_a_post_is_inserted($meta_key_name, $meta_key_value, $posttype, $is_meta_value_unique) {
if ($is_meta_value_unique) {
$posts_per_page = 1;
} else {
$posts_per_page = -1;
}
$result = false;
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page,
'meta_key' => $meta_key_name,
'meta_value' => $meta_key_value,
'post_type' => $posttype,
'post_status' => 'publish',
);
$posts_array = get_posts($args);
if (is_array($posts_array) && count($posts_array) > 0) {
if ($is_meta_value_unique) {
$result = $posts_array;
$result = $result[0]->ID;
} else {
$result = array();
foreach ($posts_array as $key1 => $value1) {
array_push($result, $value1->ID);
}
}
} else {
$result = false;
}
return $result;
}