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1. SMG
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I tried the code posted here:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post

   <?php
$post_id_7 = get_post(7);
$title = $post_id_7->post_title;
?>

   However, I keep getting this error: Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in /usr/local/www/www.stockmarketgarden.com/htdocs/wp-content/themes/connections/page.php on line 36

   Any ideas as to why?

   Thanks,

   SMG

2. Joshua Sigar
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Try this

   <?php
$my_id = 7;
$post_id_7 = get_post($my_id);
$title = $post_id_7->post_title;
?>

3. SMG
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Thanks, It works.

   Does this mean that the get_post method expects a reference and not a number?

   SMG

4. Joshua Sigar
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   It expects a variable. $my_id is a variable; 7 is not.

5. SMG
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Here is the code in my page.php file inside of the connections theme folder.

   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="page">
<div class="page-info"><h2 class="page-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php /*Posted by <?php the_author(); ?>*/ ?><?php edit_post_link('(edit this)'); ?></div>

   <div class="page-content">

   <?php the_content();

   What I'm trying to do, is create a page that has an include in it. The include will have additional processing(i.e. PHP code). I need to detect the correct page in order to execute the include code. So, when a user opens the spcific page, the additional include will be executed thus adding additional functionality to that page and that page only. Any idea how I can do this?

   Thanks,

   SMG

6. Joshua Sigar
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#A_PAGE_Page

7. SMG
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Thanks alphaoide,

   I also found that if I use $post->ID i can get the post ID of the current post.

   Thanks,

   SMG

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