showin the_excerpt in "most commented" posts

In the database query you must select the excerpt.

Replace:

$result = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_count,ID,post_title FROM $wpdb->posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0 , 3");

With:

$result = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_count, ID, post_title, post_excerpt FROM $wpdb->posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0 , 3");

And try!

Thanks for the reply but…Nope, still doesnt work… ??

There are many errors, for example:

1) On line 17, this <?}?> must be <?php } ?>.

2) I forgot on the excerpt:

add after $commentcount = $post->comment_count; this $excerpt = $post->post_excerpt;

And replace <?php the_excerpt(); ?> with <?php echo $excerpt; ?>

Its a miracle if works, the code is very bad assembled…

Hey,
well, i’m not a php programmer – ive taken parts of codes from all over the web.. usually it works but this time… ??

Here is my current code, after your changes. any chance there will be a miracle here?

<?php $result = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_count, ID, post_title, post_excerpt FROM $wpdb->posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0 , 3");
							foreach ($result as $post) {
							setup_postdata($post);
							$postid = $post->ID;
							$title = $post->post_title;
							$commentcount = $post->comment_count;
							$excerpt = $post->post_excerpt;
							if ($commentcount != 0) { ?>

					<div class="mostCommentedBox">
							<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"> <?php
						if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { // check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it.
						  the_post_thumbnail();
						} else { ?>

						<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/noimage.jpg">

						<?php } ?> </a>
						<strong><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($postid); ?>" title="<?php echo $title ?>"><?php echo $title ?></a></strong>
						<div class="mostCommentedBoxCommetsCount" title="<?php echo $commentcount ?> comments"><?php echo $commentcount ?></div>
							<p><?php echo $excerpt; ?></p>

					</div>

					<?php } } ?>

Thanks so much

The has_post_thumbnail must be in the loop. In the code, this break all.

Try without the has_post_thumbnail function:

<?php $result = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT comment_count,ID,post_title,post_excerpt FROM $wpdb->posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0,3");
					foreach ($result as $post) {
					setup_postdata($post);
					$postid = $post->ID;
					$title = $post->post_title;
					$commentcount = $post->comment_count;
					$excerpt = $post->post_excerpt;
					if ($commentcount != 0) { ?>
                    	<div class="mostCommentedBox">
                            <strong><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($postid); ?>" title="<?php echo $title ?>"><?php echo $title ?></a></strong>
						    <div class="mostCommentedBoxCommetsCount" title="<?php echo $commentcount ?> comments"><?php echo $commentcount ?></div>
							<p><?php echo $excerpt; ?></p>
                        </div>
			  <?php } } ?>