Need help with get_posts on index.php!

  • Resolved tylermenezes

    (@tylermenezes)


    17 years, 1 month ago

    I need some help with using get_posts on index.php! When I use it at the top of the page (before anything else) things like the_permalink() give the permalink of the first post in The Loop. In fact everything but the_excerpt() does. Could anyone help? I’ve included the code below.

    <div id="featured">
<h1>Featured Story</h1>
<?php $posts2 = get_posts( "numberposts=1&orderby=post_date&category=7" ); ?>
<?php if( $posts2 ) : ?>
<?php foreach( $posts2 as $post2 ) : setup_postdata( $post2 ); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php

$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'attachment',
	'numberposts' => null,
	'post_status' => null,
	'post_parent' => $post->ID
	);
$attachments = get_posts($args);
if ($attachments) {
	foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
		echo apply_filters('the_title', $attachment->post_title);
		the_attachment_link($attachment->ID, true, array(250,200));
		break;
	}
}
?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<hr />
<div style="text-align: right"><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Continue reading '<?php the_title(); ?>' &raquo;</a></strong></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>

    Addendum: I already tried putting it in a separate file and including that. No luck.

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  • Use the Wp-sticky plugin and you will have your “featured” post on the top.

    Thread Starter tylermenezes

    (@tylermenezes)

    That does not work for my needs at all. Could someone just explain the problem with the code?

    If I’m interpreting the codex properly, you may need to globalize $post2.

    Thread Starter tylermenezes

    (@tylermenezes)

    I tried, for example, 'post_parent' => $GLOBALS['post2']->ID and $GLOBALS['post2']->the_title; as well as $GLOBALS['post2']->title; but that doesn’t output anything. Ideas?

    Addendum: It does work for pictures though. Ex:

    <?php

$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'attachment',
	'numberposts' => null,
	'post_status' => null,
	'post_parent' => $GLOBALS['post2']->ID
	);
$attachments = get_posts($args);
if ($attachments) {
	foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
		echo apply_filters('the_title', $attachment->post_title);
		the_attachment_link($attachment->ID, true, array(250,200));
		break;
	}
}
?>

    Thread Starter tylermenezes

    (@tylermenezes)

    Addendum Addendum: $GLOBALS['post2']->ID does work (echoing it to the browser produces 11, the expected value), but nothing else seems to (echo($GLOBALS['post2']->title); = null). Am I even going the right way with this?

    Thread Starter tylermenezes

    (@tylermenezes)

    More Thoughts: I’m able to get get_permalink($GLOBALS['post2']->ID) to work, does anyone know of a similar tag for title? That’s all I’m missing now.

    Thread Starter tylermenezes

    (@tylermenezes)

    Okay, finished with my code. Because WordPress apparently doesn’t have a function for what I needed, I hacked one with SQL. Here’s my final code if it helps anyone:

    <?php $posts2 = get_posts( "numberposts=1&orderby=post_date&category=7" ); ?>
<?php if( $posts2 ) : ?>
<?php foreach( $posts2 as $post2 ) : setup_postdata( $post2 ); ?>
<h2><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($GLOBALS['post2']->ID) ?>" title="Permanent Link to <?php echo $GLOBALS['wpdb']->get_var("SELECT <code>post_title</code> FROM <code>&quot; . $GLOBALS['wpdb']->prefix . &quot;posts</code> WHERE id=" . $GLOBALS['post2']->ID); ?>"><?php echo $GLOBALS['wpdb']->get_var("SELECT <code>post_title</code> FROM <code>&quot; . $GLOBALS['wpdb']->prefix . &quot;posts</code> WHERE id=" . $GLOBALS['post2']->ID); ?></a></h2>
<?php

$args = array(
	'post_type' => 'attachment',
	'numberposts' => null,
	'post_status' => null,
	'post_parent' => $GLOBALS['post2']->ID
	);
$attachments = get_posts($args);
if ($attachments) {
	foreach ($attachments as $attachment) {
		echo apply_filters('the_title', $attachment->post_title);
		the_attachment_link($attachment->ID, true, array(250,200));
		break;
	}
}
?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<hr />
<div style="text-align: right"><strong><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($GLOBALS['post2']->ID) ?>">Continue reading '<?php echo $GLOBALS['wpdb']->get_var("SELECT <code>post_title</code> FROM <code>&quot; . $GLOBALS['wpdb']->prefix . &quot;posts</code> WHERE id=" . $GLOBALS['post2']->ID); ?>' &raquo;</a></strong></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
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