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  • November 29, 2022 at 4:22 PM #39385
    Totis-Tautvydas RakickasTotis-Tautvydas Rakickas
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    Hi , i am retrieving my taxonomy advanced term id in group
    $categoryUrl = $item['sample'] ?? '';
    , but it returns as string NOT as int().
    I was able to get term url afterwards using
    $linkCat = get_term_link( (int)$categoryUrl, '' );
    But there is no mentioning of this in documentation and got me confused.
    So please either add explanation of this behaviour or explain to my why did it happen ?

    Much appreciated.

    November 29, 2022 at 9:56 PM #39396
    PeterPeter
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    Hello,

    If you take a closer look in the database, table wp_postmeta, you can see the group field value save the data in a serialized string and of course, the output value is a string. MB Group uses this PHP function to serialize an array of subfield values https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php

    You can add the (int) to set the type of data to integer as well. Thanks.

    November 29, 2022 at 10:35 PM #39398
    Totis-Tautvydas RakickasTotis-Tautvydas Rakickas
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    Okay thanks , would be great that you would add it this information of behaviour to "advanced taxonomy" documentation as i have had multiple obstacles when working with grouped options and there is rarely any info on it.

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