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1. totalGraybear
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am customizing a template. In it, I need to check if the currently logged in user has made any previous post. Just a Yes/No (or the number of posts if it is easier).
   I tried this:
   

   while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
   if (the_author('login',FALSE)==$loggedinusername){
   $postcounter=the_author_posts();
   }
   endwhile;

   But all I get is the repeated display of the # of posts (in the displayed page) made by the logged-in user.
   The variable $postcounter returns nil.
   There must be an easier way to do this...
   Please help.

2. totalGraybear
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   anyone...

3. totalGraybear
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   hmmm...most of my questions end up unanswered...must be my looks...

4. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It is your looks ;)

   Maybe try http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_author_posts

5. totalGraybear
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Next time, I'll show up in drag, may be that'll help :))
   It did work, Thanks very much MichaelH. Here's what I did:

   if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) :the_post();
   	if (get_the_author()==$username){
   		$postcounter=get_the_author_posts();
   	}
   endwhile;
   endif;
   if((int)$postcounter>0) {
   	blah blah blah
   }

   I had to put the counting statement inside an IF statement to avoid echoing authorname or # of posts.
   Also, it appears that get_the_author_posts() returns a string value. I had to convert it to an integer before I could use it. It shouldn't be that way, may be I wasn't doing something right.

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