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1. ninjaboy81
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Here's my code:

   <?php
   //do an sql query for posts
   <?php global $wpdb; /* i found out that this is required in the sidebar! and i think this is somehow relevant to the bigger problem!*/
   <?php $querystr = "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts"
   <?php $pageposts = $wpdb->get_results($querystr, OBJECT); ?>
   
   // custom loop
   <? if ($pageposts) : foreach ($pageposts as $post): setup_postdata($post); ?>
   
   // loop stuff!!!
   Number 1: <?php the_title(); ?>
   
   Number 2: <?php echo $post->post_title ?>
   
   <?php endforeach; ?>
   <?php else : ?>
   // if no posts to loop through
   <?php endif; ?>

   this custom loop (used in Daiko's phptextbox sidebar) fails to call the_title() function during each iteration of the loop

   the_title() will display the LAST title found in the whole sql query each time.

   compare against: echo $post->post_title which displays each post title. but it is very stripped down without all the html formating the_title() adds in.. which is undesirable.

   how do i get the_title() to work in this loop?

2. ninjaboy81
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   any help with this?

   somehow if i place this loop in my footer.php file, it will work just fine displaying all post titles using the_title() and all permalinks using the_permalink().

   however, when this loop is placed in the sidebar it returns the_title() and the_permalink() of only the last found post in the whole query.

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