need to create a related taxonomy stores - php

Question

I have a coupon site, which basically has many vendors in it. I want to create a related stores widget kind of a thing which would display 5-6 stores on the side bar. and i want to them to relate to the current vendor page. till now i have managed to display 5-6 stores links randomly, but i am not able to display the related stores.
I am using clipper theme in wordpress, and i have kept all my stores in Coupons-Stores and not Post-categories.
<?php
$stores = get_terms('stores'); // Note: this returns NULL non-empty cats. It is not normal, could be because of the widget.
// Get all non-empty stores
$nonempty_stores = array();
foreach( $stores as $store )
if ( !empty( $store ) )
$nonempty_stores[] = $store;
$stores_count = count($nonempty_stores);
global $random_seed;
// Set initial seed value
$random_seed = $last_update;
if (DISPLAY_SAME_STORES_LIST_FOR_ALL_STORE_PAGES == false)
$random_seed = $random_seed + $store_catid;
function mtech_rand($min, $max)
{
global $random_seed;
$random_seed = ((1103515245*$random_seed)+12345)%(1<<31);
return (($random_seed%($max-$min+1))+$min);
}
echo "<div class=\"hdsboxbg\"> ";
$cntr = 0;
$displayed_cntr = 0;
while (($cntr < $stores_count) && ($displayed_cntr < NUM_OF_RANDOM_STORES_TO_DISPLAY))
{
$rand_store_idx = mtech_rand($cntr, $stores_count-1);
$rand_store = $nonempty_stores[$rand_store_idx];
if (($store_catid == 0) || ($rand_store->cat_ID != $store_catid)) // Random Stores Widget should not display a link to the current store page
{
$a_text = $rand_store->name . ' Coupons';
//$a_text = $rand_store->name;
echo "<div class=\"hdsmod\"> $a_text </div>";
$displayed_cntr++;
}
$nonempty_stores[$rand_store_idx] = $nonempty_stores[$cntr];
$nonempty_stores[$cntr] = $rand_store;
$cntr++;
}
echo "</div>";
?>
Any other methods are welcome. i have tried to display all the stores like this,
$terms = get_terms('stores');
echo '<ul>';
foreach ($terms as $term) {
//Always check if it's an error before continuing. get_term_link() can be finicky sometimes
$term_link = get_term_link( $term, 'stores' );
if( is_wp_error( $term_link ) )
continue;
//We successfully got a link. Print it out.
echo '<li>' . $term->name . '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
it displays but i am not able to display the related stores, i am struggling to figure out on which grounds should i proceed. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

got it.
<?php
$taxonomy = 'stores';
$args1=array(
'include'=> array(12,30)
);
$terms = get_terms('stores',$args1 );
echo '<ul>';
foreach ($terms as $term) {
//Always check if it's an error before continuing. get_term_link() can be finicky sometimes
$term_link = get_term_link( $term, 'stores' );
if( is_wp_error( $term_link ) )
continue;
//We successfully got a link. Print it out.
echo '<li>' . $term->name . '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
?>