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1. danbranigan
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi there,

   I'm trying to pull a custom field from my posts from within the loop on my category.php template. I'm using $post->ID to retrieve the post ID within my get_post_meta() function - but it's not working.

   I've tested it by actually setting a value for the post ID, e.g. 1 and it works fine then. Strange I haven't had this problem pulling in meta data on posts or pages?

   I've also tried setting a variable, e.g.

   $link_ID = $post->ID, and then using this new variable in the get_post_meta() function. But gain , no joy. Weird ;cos when I echo the value of the $link_ID variable it does seem to be picking up the correct value!!

   Any help appreciated.

   regards

   Dan

2. danbranigan
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sorry, here's my code:

   <?php $external_link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'external-link', true); ?>
   <a class="external-link" href="<?php echo $external_link; ?>" target="_blank">Buy now from Nauticalia &raquo;</a>

3. danbranigan
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sorry I fixed it I was being a complete muppet!!!

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