Geting post information by taxonomy term name

Question

How can i get post id from taxonomy term name?

Taxonomy is : post_tag post_type is : videos and i have the term name to use to get posts

i tried

$args = query_posts(array( 
    'post_type' => 'videos',
         array(
            'taxonomy' => 'post_tag',
            'terms' => $term_name,
            'field' => 'name'
        )
    )
);

input is a video tag like "#spot" stored in $term_name, and stored in the db under wp_terms under "name" column, and at the end i need the post id of that video/post to who the tag belongs — Shakavkav, Aug 21 '14 at 16:47
You need to include some more of the relevant code and markup to help your question make sense. — Jay Blanchard, Aug 21 '14 at 16:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '14 at 17:02

Here are a few issues with your current code:

Regarding your usage of query_posts, "This function isn't meant to be used by plugins or themes" (source). Use WP_Query or get_posts, instead.
You are assigning your query_posts data to a variable named $args, but it will actually return posts - not arguments - so that's confusing (bad practice).

Here is a solution using get_posts:

$args = array(
  'post_type' => 'videos',

  'tax_query' => array(
    array( // note: tax_query contains an array of arrays. this is not a typo.
      'taxonomy' => 'post_tag',
      'field' => 'slug',
      'terms' => $term_name,
    ),
  ),
);

// Collect an array of posts which are given the "post_tag" which includes $term_name
$posts = get_posts( $args );

if ( $posts ) {
  // Display the first post ID:
  echo $posts[0]->ID;

  // Display all posts with "ID: Title" format
  foreach( $posts as $the_post ) {
    echo $the_post->ID . ': ' . $the_post->post_title . '<br>';
  }
}

Geting post information by taxonomy term name

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