Anthology of Ideas

So in a project I’m working on I need to use a normal form to insert a post into the database. My client wanted the form to also add an image to the post. Furthermore, the image must be inserted using normal WordPress methods. The code below is the minimum required to insert an image into the database and attach it to a specific post.

1. include_once(ABSPATH.'/wp-admin/includes/media.php');
2. include_once(ABSPATH.'/wp-admin/includes/file.php');
3. include_once(ABSPATH.'/wp-admin/includes/image.php');
5. // $id is the id of the post being inserted
6. // $name is actually the name of the form input that uploaded the file so WP can access it using $_FILE[$name]
7. media_handle_upload($name,$id);

If you are inserting a new post, it makes sense to have the line $id = wp_insert_post($post_data); before this.

Here is a very simple function to run stripslashes on an array and all of its child arrays. The function below is for PHP 5 and takes a single argument which should consist of an array.

1. function unstrip_array($array){
2. foreach($array as &$val){
3. if(is_array($val)){
4. $val = unstrip_array($val);
5. }else{
6. $val = stripslashes($val);
7. }
9. }
10. return $array;
11. }
12. Use the following to copy and paste the code.
    function unstrip_array($array){ foreach($array as &$val){ if(is_array($val)){ $val = unstrip_array($val); }else{ $val = stripslashes($val); } } return $array; }

It loops through all elements of the array and if an element is an array it calls itself on th the child array to an infinite depth. Of course this can cause memory problems if your arrays are dynamically created with an excessively large depth, but for most uses, it will function perfectly.

The United States of America has a long history of inequality, from its treatment of Native Americans to women’s rights, it has tended to favor one group over others, but it has attempted to repair the damage it caused. However, even though America is the “land of opportunity,” its formerly oppressed peoples are not equal, but what does it mean to be equal? Is equality the government saying you must have the same number of employees from each arbitrarily defined “race?” Does equality mean that people should be forced to be equal? In examining this issue, one must define equality itself.

There are three forms of equality: equality of outcome, of opportunity, and of perception. Equality of perception is the most basic: it dictates that for people to be equal, each person should be perceived as being of equal worth.