Display two posts when it should display one post

  • Resolved dfwgreg

    (@dfwgreg)


    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hi everyone,
    I have a section on my website that displays announcements and I’m having problems properly displaying it.

    So far, I have two posts in the custom_post called brknews. Those posts can be viewed by a metabox that adds a custom field called ‘breaking’ and ‘on’.

    When they are turned off, it does not add any custom field.

    This is the code:

    <?php $the_query = new WP_Query( 'post_type=brknews' ); ?>
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<?php if (post_custom('breaking')) { ?>
<?php the_title();?>
<?php } else; { ?>
none
<?php } ?>
<?php?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

    The problem is I want it to display none but it display none twice, exactly the number of posts that are in the ‘brknews’ section.

    How do I fix the problem to show none one time, regardless on the number of posts?

    Thanks,
    Gregory S.

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  • Moderator keesiemeijer

    (@keesiemeijer)

    Try it with this (not tested):

    if (get_post_meta($post->ID, 'breaking', true) == 'on') {
the_title();
} else {
echo 'none';
}
    Thread Starter dfwgreg

    (@dfwgreg)

    Nope, still shows two none

    Moderator keesiemeijer

    (@keesiemeijer)

    Is it because both posts in “brknews” don’t have the custom field “breaking”?

    Try it with this in stead of a normal loop (also not tested):

    <?php
$breaking_posts = get_posts('post_type=brknews');
$breaking_post_titles = array();
if(!empty($breaking_posts)) {
	foreach ( $breaking_posts as $breaking_post  ) {
		setup_postdata($breaking_post);
		if (get_post_meta($breaking_post->ID, 'breaking', true) == 'on') {
			$breaking_post_titles[] = $breaking_post->post_title;
		}
	}
}

if(!empty($breaking_post_titles)){
	foreach ( $breaking_post_titles as $breaking_post_title ) {
		echo $breaking_post_title;
	}
} else {
 echo 'none';
}
?>

    try this:

    <?php
$the_query = new WP_Query( 'post_type=brknews' );
$_count = 0;
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
if (post_custom('breaking')) {
the_title();
++$_count;
}
endwhile;
if ( ! $_count ) {
echo 'None';
}
wp_reset_query();
?>

    Thread Starter dfwgreg

    (@dfwgreg)

    Both worked! Thanks!

    Thread Starter dfwgreg

    (@dfwgreg)

    One more question. How do I change post custom to a taxonomy?

    Thanks everyone for the help,
    Gregory S.

    Thread Starter dfwgreg

    (@dfwgreg)

    Nevermind. Got it to work!

    <?php	$the_query = new WP_Query( array( 'brknewsitem' => 'activate','post_type'=>'brknews' ) ); $_count = 0; while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); { ?>

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