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Reading Task Data

2:35 with Alena Holligan

Now that we've completed adding projects, we're going to perform those same processes for adding tasks. Reading the task table and populating our task list.

$sql = 'SELECT tasks.*, projects.title as project FROM tasks JOIN projects ON tasks.project_id = projects.project_id';

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    Now that we've completed adding projects, 0:00
    we're going to perform those same processes for adding tasks. 0:02
    Reading the task table and populating our task list, accepting and 0:07
    filtering user data, and finally, writing that data to the database. 0:12
    Once again, 0:17
    we'll start with reading the data we want to show on the task list page. 0:17
    Back in functions.php, let's duplicate the get_project_list. 0:23
    And we'll name it get_task_list. 0:31
    The SQL statement is going to be a little more complicated, so 0:35
    let's move it out of the query method. 0:38
    For this select, we want to pull all the task 0:50
    Information so we use SELECT * FROM tasks. 0:55
    But we also want to pull the project title, so 1:00
    we're going to join these tables. 1:04
    Let's add this on a second line, 1:06
    JOIN projects ON. 1:10
    Since the task and project tables both have project IDs, 1:15
    we need to specify which table we're talking about, 1:19
    tasks.project_id = 1:22
    projects.project_id. 1:27
    We also need to edit our SELECT. 1:33
    Instead of just saying select all, we want to add tasks.all. 1:36
    We also want to pull the project title, but since the tasks table and 1:43
    the projects table both have fields named title, 1:47
    we need to specify projects.title and 1:51
    then the keyword as followed by an alias or new name. 1:55
    We want to use project. 2:01
    Now, we can use this function for our task list. 2:05
    Go to the project_list and copy this foreach loop. 2:09
    Then open tasks_list. 2:14
    In our unordered list, we're going to paste and 2:18
    change get_project_list to get_task_list. 2:21
    Great job. 2:25
    Let's take a look at this page in the browser. 2:26
    Now, our Task List page shows a list of all our tasks. 2:31

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