Expose eg found_posts to QueryBuilder from PostQuery ?

[jmp909]

would it be possible to expose the PostQuery to the QueryBuilder etc so we can get eg ->found_posts (and any similar data)

currently I have to run a separate WP_Query with my builder's $query->getParameters() just to get the info again but this means querying all the posts that presumably have already been queried

I'm not sure what the syntax for it would be though. I did see it is possible to add elements to the collection outside of the items array,. so maybe accessible that way?

$social_posts = SocialPost::builder()->limit(3)->get();
$found_posts = $social_posts->found_posts;

currently I tack it on to the end of my collection from that WP_Query then call eg

$found_posts = get_found_posts();
$social_posts->found_posts = $found_posts;
dd($social_posts);

^ Tightenco\Collect\Support\Collection {#6769 ▼
  #items: array:3 [▼
    0 => App\PostTypes\SocialPost {[#6565 ▶]}
    1 => App\PostTypes\SocialPost {[#6564 ▶]}
    2 => App\PostTypes\SocialPost {[#6561 ▶]}
  ]
  +"found_posts": 7
}

thanks for any suggestions.
J

[jmp909]

this seems to work in the meantime

$query = (new QueryBuilder)->wherePostType(["news","event"])->limit(3)->as(SocialPost::class);
// or $query = SocialPost::builder()->limit(3);
$post_query = new PostQuery($query->getParameters(), SocialPost::class);
$posts = $post_query->get_posts();
dd(count($posts)." of ".$post_query->found_posts);

shows:

3 out of 10

is there anything that $query->get() will give me that $post_query->get_posts() won't? I guess some Collection functionality? I think I can just do an equivalent with this.

$posts = collect($post_query->get_posts());

thanks