the_meta WORKS, get_post_meta does not

  • Extensive searching and tweaking failed to make this work. I’m trying to pull one custom field value into a post (the same post that has the custom field).

    CANNOT get any variant of get_post_meta to work. If I use the_meta(), the field shows, but so do all the fields as expected.

    PHP is executable in my post via a plugin (and I have other PHP statements working fine in the test post).

    I’ve probably tried twenty ways to do this, include these approaches (not all together, one at a time):

    <?php $key="cost"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?>

<?php $key="cost"; print get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?>

<?php $cost = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'price', true); ?>
<?php print($cost) ?>

<?php $cost = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'price', false); ?>
<?php echo ($cost) ?>

    …and every combination of true/false, print/echo, $value = true, true, etc. etc.

    I’ve seen a few posts where folks running the same version (2.8.4) are claiming get_post_meta quit working when they upgraded. Is there an issue with this version, or have I just not found the magic version #21? ??

    Thx.,
    Gary

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  • If you echo $post->ID; do you get a valid value?

    Thread Starter gvtexas

    (@gvtexas)

    No, get nothing.

    Then that’s your problem. get_post_meta() can’t do anything without a valid id.

    Thread Starter gvtexas

    (@gvtexas)

    Thanks for the direction tip. This code:

    <?php echo get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), "Price", true); ?>

    …finally did the trick.

    Dope… many thanks for this.

    Mental note:
    get_the_ID is a function which retrieves the ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop, providing access to meta data for each post in the loops array.

    nice work:-D

    I have this problem but in my code I have the ID, it just doesn’t work for some fields. I use Magic Fields plugin for attaching custom fields to posts.

    It prints the number type fields, but not the text ones. Did any of you got this bug?

    Thanks!

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