Multiple Loop Floop

  • I’ve been digging through the documentation for days and I guess I’m just not getting it. I have a page from a template I made that calls a category-specific loop, then later calls a page-specific loop, but in the latter it inserts the post from the former.

    https://www.globalencounter.net/registration

    The first loop calls a category and uses their titles for the listbox. Then the page loop calls that page “registration” or “page_id=7” for my fake sidebar. The post in there now is the content of one of the category posts. Here is my code for the first loop:

    <?php query_posts('category_name=upcoming-trips'); ?>
<? while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<option value="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></option>
<?php endwhile; ?>

    And here is the second query… its not a loop cause a page has only one theoretical “post”, right?

    <?php query_posts( 'page_id=7' ); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
</div>

    I assume there is something stuck in a global that is not being replaced by the second query, but how to get out of this one I can’t figure out.

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  • Thread Starter Leovenous

    (@leovenous)

    I’m still trying to work through this. Kind of in the read-documentation-for-the-tenth-time-and-blindly-experiment mode.

    Might try <?php rewind_posts(); ?> before that 2nd query.

    Resources:
    The Loop
    The Loop in Action

    Thread Starter Leovenous

    (@leovenous)

    Ummm, thanks but, yeah that’s what I’ve been reading and reading (I have a loose grasp on PHP).

    What gets me is; it is normal for me to run 2.. 3.. 4 loops on a page, and they don’t interfere with each other. But something about trying to call the Page data, either by have_post or by query_posts('page_id [or page]') doesn’t sit right.

    I may break down and put the page content in a post and call it in specifically. Arg…

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

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    And here is the second query… its not a loop cause a page has only one theoretical “post”, right?

    Wrong. A Loop must be a loop. And yes, even Pages need Loops to display their content. Why? Because Pages are nothing more than special forms of Posts. A Page is a Post with a flag on it that says “page”.

    So, try this instead:

    <?php query_posts( 'page_id=7' ); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>

    Now, while I say that, I’m also lying. ?? You don’t really have to have it in an actual Loop. What’s doing the work you’re actually wondering about here is the call to the_post().

    However, it’s a lot simpler if you just make Loops as actual loops. Don’t try weird variations. That way lies madness.

    Since I am not a coder, for me the easiest way to include the content of a Page/post in a template is to use this plugin:
    https://guff.szub.net/2005/01/27/get-a-post/

    Thread Starter Leovenous

    (@leovenous)

    Wow. Did you know you are very right sometimes Mosh? I had wondered about the_post but wasn’t able to gain enough understanding on it to see the light.

    Okay, well after a few days of banging my head its nice to be moving forward again. Thanks!

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