Thread Starter
huntz
(@huntz)
Just to clarify the above is on my post page and the function is basically at the bottom of the page outside of the if (have_posts()) loop.
My understanding is i cant use $posts[0] == $post outside of the loop?
So would i use something like
<?php
$firstpost = get_posts( ‘numberposts=1&post_date&order=DESC’ );
if $firstpost = 1;
echo display_message();
else;
/* do nothing */
endif
?>
Thread Starter
huntz
(@huntz)
Or something like
$getlatestpost = get_posts(‘numberposts=1&order=DESC&orderby=post_date’);
$latestpostid = $getlatestpost ->ID;
If $post->ID == $latestpostid;
echo display_message();
else;
/* do nothing */
endif;
Would that work? Am I making any sense lol. I just want to run a function on my single.php at the bottom of the page if its not on the latest post.
Here’s how I got it to work for me, let me know if you have any problems adapting it:
<?php
// query database for most recent post in category 3
$query = get_posts('numberposts=1&category=3');
foreach ($query as $post) {
//set variable as title of most recent post
$title = get_the_title();
}
//start new loop
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
//set variable as title of current article
$title2 = get_the_title();
//if titles are the same, do this
if ( $title == $title2 ) {
?>
<h1>In This Issue</h1>
<?php
//else if in that category and titles are not the same, do this
} elseif ( in_category('3') && $title != $title2 ) {
?>
<h1>Previous Features</h1>
<?php
//else if in different category, display standard message
} else {
?>
<h1><?php the_category(' '); ?></h1>
<?php
}
?>
