[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22208: get_children() doesn't support 'fields' => 'ids' as an argument

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#22208: get_children() doesn't support 'fields' => 'ids' as an argument
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 Reporter:  danielbachhuber   |       Owner:  wonderboymusic
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  3.7
Component:  Query             |     Version:  3.4.2
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |
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Comment (by jorgeorpinel):

 I believe I found a small bug with the workaround currently in use for
 this enhancement.
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_children get_children]
 "works similar to get_posts" (quoted from that codex page), but NOT
 EXACTLY the same.

 It seems that certain parameters of the WP_Query are different by default
 in get_posts, such as 'nopaging' => 'false' (in get_posts) and
 'post_status' => 'any' in get_children. Additionally, the format in which
 each function returns the values is different, where get_post's array is
 indexed by 0..n and get_children's by the post IDs.

 I think It'd be nice to make the fields parameter work in get_children
 without overriding its calls with get_posts. Otherwise at least, the
 default WP_Query parameters in the overriding get_posts could be made to
 match the get_children defaults.

 Thanks!

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