taxonomy_get_term_by_name

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Definition

taxonomy_get_term_by_name($name)
modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module, line 954

Description

Try to map a string to an existing term, as for glossary use.

Provides a case-insensitive and trimmed mapping, to maximize the likelihood of a successful match.

Parameters

name Name of the term to search for.

Return value

An array of matching term objects.

Code

<?php
function taxonomy_get_term_by_name($name) {
  $db_result = db_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT t.tid, t.* FROM {term_data} t WHERE LOWER(t.name) = LOWER('%s')", 't', 'tid'), trim($name));
  $result = array();
  while ($term = db_fetch_object($db_result)) {
    $result[] = $term;
  }

  return $result;
}
?>