Ticket #17587: get_term_by_slug.patch

wp-includes/taxonomy.php

@@ -946 +946 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Find a term in taxonomy by its hierarchical slug.
+ *
+ * If the term does not exist - null will be returned.
+ * If the term exists - term object will be returned.
+ *
+ * @param string $slug term slug
+ * @param string $taxonomy Taxonomy to search in
+ * @return object Term Row from database. Will return null if $taxonomy does not exist or $term was not found.
+ */
+
+
+function get_term_by_slug($slug, $taxonomy, $parent = 0){
+        list($slug, $remaining) = split('/', $slug, 2);
+        $terms = get_terms(array($taxonomy), array(
+                'slug' => $slug, 'hide_empty' => false,
+                'parent' => $parent
+        ));
+        if (!count($terms)){
+                return null;
+        }
+        if ($remaining){
+                return get_term_by_slug($remaining, $taxonomy, $terms[0]->term_id);
+        }
+        return $terms[0];
+}
+
+/**
  * Merge all term children into a single array of their IDs.
  *
  * This recursive function will merge all of the children of $term into the same