Bug? (Multiple Loops in Page gives wrong info)

  • Resolved Dazzer

    (@dazzer)


    16 years, 11 months ago

    If you read my previous post you’ll remember that I was working on a static front page, displaying some posts.

    This is the first part of the code:

    <?php
   if ( have_posts() ) :
      the_post();
      ?><h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2><?php
      the_content();
   else:
      ?>Someone Broke the About Page<?php
   endif;
?>

    That works perfectly fine! Now I do this

    <?php
   $posts = get_posts( 'numberposts=2' );
   foreach ($posts as $post) :
      setup_postdata($post);
      ?>
      <h3>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
      </h3>
      <h4>
          Posted <?php the_date() ?>
          - Comments (<?php comments_number(); ?>)
      </h4>

          <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

   <?php
      endforeach;
   ?>

    And while the dates, comment count, excerpt all work perfectly, the_ID never echos, the_title always gives me the title of the Page, not the post, and same for the permalink.

    Right now I have circumvented this issue by accessing properties of the $post object directly (guid, post_title, and ID) but I believe if I do it like so, plugins won’t be able to hook onto it because I’m not calling the hook, correct?

    So what am I doing wrong? Or is this a bug? Is there a better workaround?

    Many Thanks
    Dazzer

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  • Thread Starter Dazzer

    (@dazzer)

    Resolved: instead of using get_posts, which seems to get the posts for the Page as well, I used query_posts(‘posts_per_page=1’); and Loop through accordingly.

    Hope this helps anyone on the same track. Urgh…

    Not sure if this is related, but I too want to display the most recent post on a Page. However, query includes Pages as well. Here’s what I have in my custom page template:

    <h2 class="entry-title">Most Recent Posting</h2>
 <?php
query_posts('posts_per_page=1');
   foreach ($posts as $post) :
      setup_postdata($post); ?>
 <div>
 <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
 <?php the_date(); ?>
 <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
 </div>
   <?php
      endforeach;
   ?>

    Any ideas what’s up here? I also tried a get_posts query as well. The results are the same.

    Thanks!
    Kris

    Figured it out. If anyone is interested, I “reset the loop” by using the rewind_posts() call. Here’s what I have now:

    <?php get_header() ?>

	<div id="container">
	<?php get_sidebar() ?>
		<div id="content">

<?php the_post() ?>
			<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php sandbox_post_class() ?>">
				<h2 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
				<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_content() ?>
<br/ >
<h2 class="entry-title">Most Recent Posting</h2>
  <?php rewind_posts(); ?>
 <?php query_posts('showposts=1');?>
    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 <div>
 <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
 <?php the_date(); ?>
 <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
 </div>
  <?php endwhile;?>
  				</div>
			</div><!-- .post -->
		</div><!-- #content -->
	</div><!-- #container -->
<?php get_footer() ?>

    Have fun!
    Kris

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