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1. Lucky-1
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I've used <?php query_posts('showposts=8&amp;cat='.get_query_var('cat')); ?> to list posts outside the loop and it worked in archive.php, but now in single.php it doesn't work... someone know how to make it work?

2. mikejandreau
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What is it that you're trying to do, exactly?

   A little clarification might help us give you an answer.

3. Lucky-1
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I want to list some posts outside the loop in single post page, i'm using query_posts to that, and i want the posts to be the same category, in archives pages the code i've used works, but for single posts pages it doesnt work..
   maybe the cat='.get_query_var('cat') is wrong

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Don't know where I first saw (or used this) but, it will display posts belonging to the categories of the current post without duplicating the current post
   

   <?php
   global $post;
   $cat_ID=array();
   $categories = get_the_category(); //get all categories for this post
     foreach($categories as $category) {
       array_push($cat_ID,$category->cat_ID);
     }
     $args = array(
     'orderby' => 'date',
     'order' => 'DESC',
   	'post_type' => 'post',
   	'numberposts' => 8,
   	'post__not_in' => array($post->ID),
   	'category__in' => $cat_ID
     ); // post__not_in will exclude the post we are displaying
       $cat_posts = get_posts($args);
       $out='';
         foreach($cat_posts as $cat_post) {
             $out .= '<li>';
             $out .=  '<a href="'.get_permalink($cat_post->ID).'" title="'.wptexturize($cat_post->post_title).'">'.wptexturize($cat_post->post_title).'</a></li>';
         }
       $out = '<ul class="cat_post">' . $out . '</ul>';
       echo $out;
   ?>

5. Lucky-1
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   im using this
   

   <?php
   		query_posts('showposts=8&amp;cat='.get_query_var('cat')); ?>
   <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <div class="postt">
   			<a target="_blank" href="/link/out.php?link=gal&amp;s=80&amp;url=<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php printf(__('Permanent Link to %s', 'mandigo'), the_title('', '', false)); ?>">
   <?php global $more; $more = FALSE; ?>
   <?php the_content(''); ?>
   <?php $more = TRUE; ?><b><?php the_title(); ?></b></a></div>
   <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

   but it dont get the category id correctly in single post page :/

6. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Well I don't believe get_query_var('cat') will work in single.php.

7. Lucky-1
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   dont have anything simple like and that works?

8. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Not really, it's more complex with a single post because you have to get the categories (there could be more than one) for the post.

9. Lucky-1
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   getting just the first category will work

10. MichaelH
    Volunteer
    Posted 3 years ago #

    $categories = get_the_category(); //get all categories for this post
    echo 'first category is ' . $categories[0]->cat_ID;

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