Title: Custom taxonomy query giving wrong result (PHP ver dependancy?)
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Custom taxonomy query giving wrong result (PHP ver dependancy?)

 *  [mimyo_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mimyo_/)
 * (@mimyo_)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-custom-taxonomy-query-has-php-dependancy/)
 * Hi.
 * I’m trying to query custom taxonomies for a custom post type. And I’m trying 
   to make it an “OR” relation.
 * I’m making a music archive, where I want to list other discs from the same artist.
   Sometimes there are discs with 2 different artists, so I’d like to list the discs
   from these artists on the same list. So I made a query like :
 *     ```
       $args = array (
               'post_type' => 'disc',
               'tax_query' => array (
                   'relation' => 'OR',
                   array ( 'taxonomy' => 'disc_artist',
                          'field' => 'slug',
                          'terms' => $artistnames[0]
                         ),
                   array ( 'taxonomy' => 'disc_artist',
                          'field' => 'slug',
                          'terms' => $artistnames[1]
                         ),
               ));
           $the_query = new WP_Query($args);
       ```
   
 * This works on my localhost (XAMPP), but when uploaded on my hosted website, it
   just doesn’t work. The result query is a list of 10 most recent custom posts,
   which have nothing to do with the terms I made query with. (I tried with different
   fields like term_id and name. Same result..)
 * So I’m guessing, if it has something to do with PHP versions or SQL versions?
   My hosted server is UTF-8 (PHP5.3, MySQL5.x), and my XAMPP has PHP5.5.15. (Sorry,
   I have no idea where to find the SQL version of XAMPP.)
 * If somebody knows how to make the right query on my website, I’ll be thankful
   for any kind of help.

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 *  Thread Starter [mimyo_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mimyo_/)
 * (@mimyo_)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-custom-taxonomy-query-has-php-dependancy/#post-5432915)
 * I tried the same thing with **get_posts()**, which behaved the same. ‘operator’
   =>’OR’, ‘relation’=>’OR’ did the same thing.
 * I then somehow achieved what I wanted with **query_posts()**, which was like :
 *     ```
       $args = array('post_type'=>'disc', 'posts_per_page'=>6, ''=>$artistname, 'order'=>'DESC');
       query_posts( $args );
       ```
   
 * and $artistname is a string where I joined A and B by a comma.
 * So, this works on both localhost and hosted server. But I’ve heard that it’d 
   be better not to use query_posts() if possible. I’d like to go with WP_Query 
   or get_posts() if it’s possible, especially because I don’t really get what really
   matters and I’ll have to include this query twice per post. Any solution? (Or…
   is it safe enough to use query_posts() in this case??)

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