get_linkobjectsbyname() │ WP 1.0.1

Gets an array of link objects associated with category $cat_name.

$links = get_linkobjectsbyname( 'fred' );

foreach ( $links as $link ) {
	echo '<li>' . $link->link_name . '</li>';
}

No Hooks.

Returns

Array.

Usage

get_linkobjectsbyname( $cat_name, $orderby, $limit );

$cat_name(string)

The category name to use. If no match is found, uses all.
Default: 'noname'

$orderby(string)

The order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url', 'description', 'rating', or 'owner'. If you start the name with an underscore, the order will be reversed. Specifying 'rand' as the order will return links in a random order.
Default: 'name'

$limit(int)

Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.
Default: -1

Notes

• See: get_bookmarks()

Changelog

get_linkobjectsbyname() get linkobjectsbyname code ^{WP 7.0}

function get_linkobjectsbyname($cat_name = "noname" , $orderby = 'name', $limit = -1) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'get_bookmarks()' );

	$cat_id = -1;
	$cat = get_term_by('name', $cat_name, 'link_category');
	if ( $cat )
		$cat_id = $cat->term_id;

	return get_linkobjects($cat_id, $orderby, $limit);
}