categories.cat_ID FROM $wpdb->categories, $wpdb->post2cat WHERE " .
"$wpdb->categories.cat_ID = $wpdb->post2cat.category_id AND $wpdb->post2cat.post_id = '$post_ID' AND " .
"$wpdb->categories.cat_name = '$linkfestCat'";
$cats_found = $wpdb->get_row($query_text);
if ($cats_found) {
// This post is eligible. Get its ping history.
$ping_data = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT to_ping, pinged FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = '$post_ID'");
// See if we've already done backping stuff.
$mass_ping = "$ping_data->to_ping $ping_data->pinged";
$result = stristr($linkfestPing, $mass_ping);
if ($result === FALSE) {
// We haven't, so we do it now.
$new_pings = "$ping_data->to_ping $linkfestPing";
$wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET to_ping = '$new_pings' WHERE ID = '$post_ID'");
}
}
}
// Display the options panel and update the category name.
function ferdy_options_subpanel() {
if (isset($_POST['info_update'])) {
$newCat = $_POST['new_cat'];
update_option('ferdy_cat', $newCat);
echo("New category is $newCat.
");
}
$oldCat = ferdy_get_cat(); ?>