Run WordPress loop within a loop

  • Resolved Archie Makuwa

    (@archie22is)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys,

    I have a two custom post types:
    – Products
    – and Symptoms

    The products are displayed in a excerpt format on the products page and grouped according the products category (custom taxonomy). The code is pasted on Pastebin on the following url: https://pastebin.com/K1TvtgBA

    The product single page is as follows: https://pastebin.com/ZJeRauJT

    The Question:

    I want to run a custom query (I have tried: WP_Query & query() ) to return the custom posts within the associated symptoms div on the single page. It works, but breaks my single page loop. The moment I run the loop, I am unable to display:
    – Indications
    – and Contra-Indications

    What is the best method to run the loop within the already existing loop. What the symptoms actually do is retrieve a bunch of related symptoms (related to product based on custom taxonomy).

    Someone said that I should not use (the_post) as that is the default WordPress post – tried that and I obtained the same results.

    Any additional suggestions?

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  • Thread Starter Archie Makuwa

    (@archie22is)

    There was no need to run a loop within a loop on the single page. I used the formula below: 

    <?php
	$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'symptoms_cat' );
	foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
		$x = $term->name;
	}
?>

	<!-- Execute loop -->
	<?php
		query_posts(
			array(
				'post_type' => 'symptom',
				'category_name' => $x,
				//'category_name' => '',
				'posts_per_page' => 99
			)
		);
	?>

	<ul class="symptoms-list">
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
			<?php
	        	$symptom_img = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'symptom_image', true);
	          	$my_images = $symptom_img['guid'];
	    	?>
			<li>
				<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
	           		<img src="<?php echo $my_images; ?>" /> <br />
					<?php the_title(); ?>
				</a>
			</li>
		<?php endwhile; ?>
	</ul>

    Any questions or queries, holla back!!

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