*/ // Initiate WP require_once('../../../wp-config.php'); $wp->init(); $wp->parse_request(); $wp->query_posts(); $wp->register_globals(); // Assign current post ID as variable $current_post = $_POST['post_id']; // Remove post_id from $_POST if (array_key_exists('post_id', $_POST)) { unset($_POST['post_id']); } /** * Master array; multidimensional; * This array stores the question as the key, and the answers as values * * Proposed Structure: * * - question [str] ( e.g. 'Is the sky blue?' ) * - - correct [bool(int)] ( e.g. 0 = False, 1 = True ) * - - chosen [bool(int)] ( See above ) * * @var array */ $q_and_a = array(); // Loop through $_POST data foreach ($_POST as $question => $answer) { // --- $answer is User's answer NOT default answer // Replace '_' with ' ' for each question $question_edit = str_replace('_', ' ', $question); // Query DB for meta_key of current question $questions = "SELECT meta_key FROM wp_postmeta WHERE post_id = '" . $current_post . "' and meta_value = '" . $question_edit . "';"; $question_meta = $wpdb->get_row($questions,ARRAY_A); $question_meta_key = $question_meta['meta_key']; // Swap the question key for a default answer key // // $subject is the original string // $search is the thing you want to replace // $replace is what you want to replace it with $subject = $question_meta_key; $search = 'question'; $replace = 'correct_answer'; $question_meta_edit = substr_replace($subject, $replace, strrpos($subject, $search), strlen($search)); // Query DB for value of default answer using key $answers = "SELECT meta_value FROM wp_postmeta WHERE post_id = '" . $current_post . "' and meta_key = '" . $question_meta_edit . "';"; $default_answer_meta = $wpdb->get_row($answers,ARRAY_A); // Collect variables again $question = $question_edit; $default_answer = $default_answer_meta['meta_value']; $their_answer = $answer; $q_and_a[$question] = array( 'correct' => $default_answer, 'chosen' => $their_answer ); }; # Do stuff with the master array! '$q_and_a'