Hi, I have a custom field called ‘points’. Each user uses a pulldown menu to select a number from 1 to 10. Users can publish as many entries/points as they like.
 
I’d like to know how to add up the numbers entered by a particular user to give them a ‘total’ for all ‘points’ entered into the weblog..
 
If I knew some php I’m sure it would be easy .. can anyone help pls..
many thanks,
Iain.

hmm, after some reading (php for dummies lol) i found some code that I’d thought would work:
 

But all I get is a blank page… I’ve tried enabling php on input and output..?..
I gotto go to bed…

Hm- I think I’d use a query- a lot leaner for something like this.  But going with this- what’s the result of just:

And if this was going to work?  PHP would definitely need to be parsed on output.

Hi Robin,
The output is something like:
5, 8, 1, 10, 15, 18, 16,
thanks,

Iain.

Hm- well the code works when I hard code it.  So while I’d still go with a query, try:

It will have to be parsed on output for sure.  If that doesn’t work- put just the weblog tag in a test template again- this time, look at the ‘reveal code’- make sure nothing else is getting in there- such as spaces, etc.

Don’t really have a good way to test this myself, so I’m winging it a bit.

Thanks Robin.  I took your code and turned it into a query.  I may try to turn it into a plugin.

If my query can be more efficient, let me know:)