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1. hofo
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hey,

   How do I get to the post ID as a PHP variable? I've tried in and outside the loop, $thePostID = $post->id; but this doesn't seem to be working. I'm trying to get the post id so I can then call get_post_meta to retrieve the value of a custom field called "filename".

   Thanks for any help...

   -- hofo

2. ringmaster
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   $wp_query->post->ID

3. davidhouse
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   It's $post->ID, not $post->id. Yes, that does matter. Also make sure that if you're doing it from inside a function, that $post is declared as a global variable.

4. ringmaster
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Yeah, like:

   function some_func() {
// Works inside of the loop
global $post;
$thePostID = $post->ID;
}

   or:

   function some_func() {
// Works in single posts outside of the loop
global $wp_query;
$thePostID = $wp_query->post->ID;
}

5. hofo
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks!

   (!#@#!@#@$%! case sensitive languages, grumble, grumble...)

6. KnowingArt_com
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks ringmaster.

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