Two loops in a PHP file? Featured Image in a sidebar and post

  • Resolved megart04

    (@megart04)


    8 years, 8 months ago

    I’m good with CSS and can sift my way through PHP.

    I’m building a custom page template that has a page using a featured image in the sidebar – and it works great!
    In the content area I would like to use a custom loop that pulls in one post from one category. I’ve got code for this but once inserted it wipes out my sidebar code.
    I believe this is because they need to be apart of the same loop but my PHP knowledge is limited.

    I am including my code. If anyone knows what’s going on or can point me in the right direction to learn my way through it help would be so appreciated! 

    <?php
/**
 * Template Name: Gov Template 2016
 *
 * The template for displaying stream pages.
 *
 * @package ACMi Unity Theme
 */

?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<head>
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title><?php wp_title( '|', true, 'right' ); ?></title>
<link rel="profile" href="https://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>">
<?php wp_head(); ?>
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Hind:600,700,500' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
</head>
</html>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="page-meagan" class="hfeed site">

<div id="content-meagan" class="site-content">
	<div class="content-area">
<header class="entry-header-gov">
	<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
	</header><!-- .entry-header -->

	<div id="castus-contain-meagan">
        <div id="castusstream-meagan">
<iframe width="800px" height="400px" frameborder="0" src="https://209.6.175.30/vodi/#castusvod_select=@live%3Ach3&castusvod_autoplay=1&nogui=1">Your browser does not support frames</iframe>
        </div>
        </div>
<div id="content-meagan-2">
  <?php the_content(); ?>
</div>

<div id="latestposts-meagan">
<div class="feed">
    <?php
    	$rss = new DOMDocument();
    	$rss->load('https://acmi.tv/category/government/feed/');
    	$feed = array();
    	foreach ($rss->getElementsByTagName('item') as $node) {
    		$item = array (
    			'title' => $node->getElementsByTagName('title')->item(0)->nodeValue,
    			'desc' => $node->getElementsByTagName('description')->item(0)->nodeValue,
    			'link' => $node->getElementsByTagName('link')->item(0)->nodeValue,
    			'date' => $node->getElementsByTagName('pubDate')->item(0)->nodeValue,
			'thumbnail' => $node->getElementsByTagName('thumbnail')->item(0)->nodeValue,
    			);
    		array_push($feed, $item);
    	}
    	$limit = 1;
    	for($x=0;$x<$limit;$x++) {
    		$title = str_replace(' & ', ' & ', $feed[$x]['title']);
    		$link = $feed[$x]['link'];
    		$description = $feed[$x]['desc'];
    		$date = date('l F d, Y', strtotime($feed[$x]['date']));
    		echo '<p><h2><a href="'.$link.'" title="'.$title.'">'.$title.'</a></h2>';
    		echo '<small><em>Posted on '.$date.'</em></small></p>';
    		echo '<p>'.$description.'</p>';
    	}
    ?>
</div></div>
<div id="latestgov-meagan">

                    <?php $query_gov = new WP_Query( 'cat=95&showposts=1' );
                     // Localhost = Cat ID#10 | Live Host = Cat ID#95
                     ?>
                    <?php while ($query_gov -> have_posts()) : $query_gov -> the_post(); ?>
                   <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
                       <header class="entry-header">
                           <h3 class="entry-title">Government Spotlight:</h3>
	                   </header><!-- .entry-header -->
                       <div class="post-thumb">
                                <?php
                                    $poster_image = wp_get_attachment_image_src(get_field('thumbnail'), 'unity-preview-small');
                                ?>
                                <?php if(get_field('thumbnail') !== false): ?>
                                <a>" class="poster">
                                    <div class="thumb-overlay"></div>
                                    <img src="<?php echo $poster_image[0]; ?>">
                                </a>
                                <?php else: ?>
                                <a>" class="poster">
                                    <div class="thumb-overlay"></div>
                                    <img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri() . '/img/acmi-thumb-180.png'; ?>">
                                </a>
                                <?php endif; ?>

                            </div>
                        <div class="entry-content">
                        <h4><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
                        <p><?php the_excerpt(__('(more…)')); ?></p>
                        </div><!-- .entry-content -->
                        <?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'acmi_unity' ), '<footer class="entry-meta"><span class="edit-link">', '</span></footer>' ); ?>
                    </article><!-- #post-## -->
                    <?php endwhile;?>

                </div><!-- #latestgov -->
	</div><!-- #content-area -->

	</div><!-- #content-meagan -->

                 <div id="sidebar-area">
   <?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
the_post_thumbnail();
}  ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

</div><!-- #page -->
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  • Thread Starter megart04

    (@megart04)

    As I was trying to figure this out I inserted a basic post loop (below) above the sidebar-area.. and for whatever reason this fixed my issue. If someone happens to read this and wants to enlighten me to why that fixed things / send a link I would love to know still. Otherwise, thanks. 

    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
	<?php while( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?>
		<!-- Display Post Here -->
	<?php endwhile ?>
<?php else : ?>
	<!-- Content If No Posts -->
<?php endif ?>
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