Methods for our Venues Controller

gistfile1.php

<?php

/**
 * Returns a object of ALL venues ids
 */
public function IDs(){
    global $wpdb;

    $query = "select ID from {$wpdb->prefix}posts where post_type = 'venues' and post_status = 'publish'";
    $tmp = array();

    foreach ( $wpdb->get_results( $query ) as $wtf ){
        $tmp[] = $wtf->ID;
    }
    return $tmp;
}

/**
 * Return the name, i.e., title
 * @param $id
 */
public function getName( $id ){
    return get_the_title( $id );
}

/**
 * Returns the contacts email address
 * @param $id
 */
public function contactEmail( $id ){
    return filter_var( get_post_meta( $id, "venues_email", true ), FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL );
}