Flash video only in single post view

Should be easy to code a little replacement for the_content() which excludes video content. How are you ’embedding’ the player, through HTML embed, javascript, or what?

it’ll probably be html embedding. I tried the javascript option but it caused some weird problems. I can use either – whichever will allow what I want to do.

JS would make this trick easy. In your header.php, do something like this:

<?php if (is_single()){ ?>
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var yes_videos = true;
// -->
</script>
<?php } ?>

Then just have your JS check whether yes_videos is true before placing the videos.

JS has the added advantage of not giving the “Click to activate this content” message in IE when you mouse over the flash player.

Good one adam.

Here’s something for <embed>; replace the_content() in your template with:

<?php
$content = preg_replace('%<embed.*<\/embed>%smUi', '', $post->post_content);
echo apply_filters('the_content', $content);
?>

Kafkaesqui: What exactly does this do?

Here’s something for <embed>; replace the_content() in your template with:

<?php
$content = preg_replace(‘%<embed.*<\/embed>%smUi’, ”, $post->post_content);
echo apply_filters(‘the_content’, $content);
?>

and do I replace it only in the single post template or globaly?

It will look for any <embed> tags in your post and remove it. You would only want to do this in index.php, NOT in single.php.

You would want to do something similar for <object> tags, probably.

Fantastic! I inserted this code in the index.php file and it works:

<?php $content = preg_replace('%<object.*<\/object>%smUi', '', $post->post_content);
$content = preg_replace('%<embed.*<\/embed>%smUi', '', $post->post_content);
 echo apply_filters('the_content', $content); ?>

thanks

Strike that. it shows an empty object box in IE. If I only insert the object replace it works in both IE and FireFox but leaves a blank line where the video should be. If I only insert the embed replace it leaves an empty object box in IE.

I know there is something wrong in my code, the question is what.

The fix:

<?php $content = preg_replace('%<object.*<\/object>%smUi', '', $post->post_content);
$content = preg_replace('%<embed.*<\/embed>%smUi', '', $content);
 echo apply_filters('the_content', $content); ?>

Note that the second $post->post_content should be $content, that way the second preg_replace builds on the results of the first preg_replace rather than starting all over.

A single preg_replace() is all you need:

<?php $content = preg_replace('%<(object|embed).*<\/(object|embed)>%smUi', '', $post->post_content);
echo apply_filters('the_content', $content); ?>

On a second look the above could leave </object> (since it should stop processing when finding </embed> first).

Since <embed> should be nested in an <object> anyways (for embedding the Brightcove player), it would be cleaner to match on that alone. Here’s a one-liner:

<?php echo apply_filters('the_content', preg_replace('%<object.*<\/object>%smUi', '', $post->post_content)); ?>

just a quick follow-up: it seems like this code kills the <!–more–> functionality leaving the full posts on the front page. I’m not 100% sure that this is the cause but I’m guessing it is. if so, how do I fix this so that I only get the content I want on the front?

“it seems like this code kills the <!–more–> functionality leaving the full posts on the front page.“

It does bypass the_content() functionality such as handling the ‘more’ quicktag and post password handling. Try this:

<?php
echo apply_filters('the_content', preg_replace('%<object.*<\/object>%smUi', '', get_the_content()));
?>

It does bypass the_content() functionality such as handling the ‘more’ quicktag and post password handling. Try this:

<?php
echo apply_filters(‘the_content’, preg_replace(‘%<object.*<\/object>%smUi’, ”, get_the_content()));
?>

ah.. almost there. now how do I get it to say “Get the whole story” instead of saying “(more…)”?

thanks for your help btw!

never mind. I found the answer here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Customizing_the_Read_More

Thank you all very much for your help. This issue is resolved . I’ll post the final product when it goes online on January 1st.

Mor10