[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32275: get_page_by_title could return an array with all the matches

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#32275: get_page_by_title could return an array with all the matches
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 Reporter:  brgweb       |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Query        |     Version:  4.2.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:  close        |     Focuses:  template
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 > Thank you for your comment. It's my first time here in core development.

 Thanks for the ticket, and welcome :)

 > The problem I've found here was that I needed to query attachments with
 the same original filename. Since the filename is changed in the upload
 and the post-name is changed too, both to prevent duplicates, the easiest
 way to find it was querying by post_title (assuming that the user didn't
 change it after upload).

 Gotcha. I guess the issue of '-x' is why you can't query against
 '_wp_attached_file' postmeta? WP doesn't store an unmodified version of
 the filename anywhere that I can see. If you need it, I'd suggest hooking
 into the file upload process somewhere - maybe at 'wp_handle_upload'? -
 and storing it yourself, in a way that'll be easy to query.

 Using 'post_title' to look this up is, IMO, a fragile hack, but that
 doesn't mean that fetching multiple items by 'post_title' doesn't have
 relevant use cases. That being said, I do think it's better suited as an
 improvement for `WP_Query` than here. If you think this is worth pursuing,
 please feel free to open a separate enhancement ticket.

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