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1. sdickert
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Been trying for quite some time to get a simple one-liner to work on my site.

   http://www.theinfopro.com/cloud-computing-flash-page/

   Basic framework for the page template:

   <?php get_header(); ?>
   THE LOOP
   <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/flash-sidebar.php'); ?>
   <?php get_footer(); ?>

   In the flash_sidebar, I have three widgets and each are doing the same function:

   <?php $key="FlashTech"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?>

   Looks easy, right? The sidebar is not running inside the loop which created the page, and I have been scouring how to make the $post-ID come up in the execphp widget. I could get the_meta() function to work in the widget (which I assume is because it runs outside TheLoop, but nothing else. I even tried some other ideas out there such as:

   <?php function tempfunct() {
   	global $post;
   	$thePostID = $post->ID;
   	echo $thePostID;
   } tempfunct(); ?>

   And the widget does not run. Any ideas why? Feedback very much appreciated.

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've made this work at times by setting a variable within the loop
   $post_id = $post->ID;

   then within the function
   

   <?php function tempfunct() {
   	global $post_id;
   	echo $post_id;
   } ?>

3. sdickert
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank mate! That fixed it. Thanks!

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