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jonedwards

I am using a simple function to pull all PDF and MSWord documents attached to a post (a custom post-type) and return them in an unordered list for download, like so:



<ul>
  <?php
    $args = array(
      'post_type' => 'attachment',
      'post_mime_type' => 'application/pdf,application/msword',
      'numberposts' => -1,
      'post_status' => null,
      'post_parent' => $post->ID,
      'orderby' => 'menu_order',
      'order' => 'desc'
     );
    $attachments = get_posts($args);
    if ($attachments) {
    foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
      echo '<li><a class="button medium" href="'.wp_get_attachment_url($attachment->ID).'" target="_blank">Download ';
      echo $attachment->post_title;
      echo '<span class="hidden"> -</span> (';
      echo $attachment->post_mime_type;
      echo ')</a></li>';
    }
  }
?>
</ul>

Simple enough. But the outputted HTML return "Download XYZ Document Title (application/pdf)".

I want it to return a 'friendlier' name for the file type, like so, "Download XYZ Document Title (PDF)"

Is there any way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

traq

You could wrap that post_mime_type property in a function that translates it to your "simpler" format. Probably a simple map of mimeTypes => friendlyMimeTypes

jonedwards

Hey Traq. Thanks for the reply.

I've only ever used a translate function to change "Posts" to say "Articles"... But even that was from a tutorial.

Any hints / snippets?

traq

*Assuming* $attachment->post_mime_type prints out application/pdf, then you could do something like this:

<?php

function friendly_mime( $mime ){
    $mime_map = array(
        "application/pdf" => "PDF"
        // and so on, like:
       ,"mime_type"       => "Friendly"
    );
    // if $mime not present in the array, return it unchanged
    if( empty( $mime_map[ $mime ] ) ){ return $mime; }
    // otherwise, return the friendly mime-type
    return $mime_map[ $mime ];
}

print friendly_mime( "application/pdf" );
// prints "PDF"

print friendly_mime( "application/rss+xml" );
// not in our list, so just prints "application/rss+xml"

jonedwards

Hi Traq

My code above resides in archive-downloads.php

I am echo-ing the resulting text, not printing.

Feel a bit stupid right now... Where are you suggesting your snippet should go - functions.php? Also, how does the "print friendly_mime" but fit in..?

Schmotty

put the translating function after the $args array and call it on the line where you echo $attachment->post_mime_type;



echo friendly_mime($attachment->post_mime_type);

traq

echo is an alias for print.

I don't know where in WP you define your custom functions. I believe it's in functions.php, yes. As long as the function is defined somewhere where it will be available when you try to use it, you're fine.

You would use this function in your code above instead of printing out the post_mime_type directly:

// instead of
echo $attachment->post_mime_type;
// you would use
echo friendly_mime( $attachment->post_mime_type );

jonedwards

Aaaah...

Thanks Traq and Schmotty - worked like a charm and I've learnt something new.

Cheers

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