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1. driz
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hi I have this code:

   if (...) {
   echo '<li>';
   previous_posts_link($pagenavi_options['prev_text'], $max_pages);
   echo '</li>';
   }

   I'm wanting to add some code where it says ... that will detect the previous_posts_link function running before running the code. This is to prevent WordPress running the echos when the previous_posts_link is empty ie. their isn't a previous set of posts!

   THANKS

2. driz
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   any updates on this?

3. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Not familiar with page navi, but shouldn't previous_posts_link return empty anyway if there aren't any previous posts?

4. driz
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Yes it should, but I have wrapped two echos around it, and so I want to make sure those don't get executed either if there aren't any previous posts. It should just be a simple if but I'm not sure what the if would be...

5. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Determine if you're on the last page..

   Example code:
   

   if( !$wp_query ) global $wp_query;
   $paged = get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   $postsinquery = $wp_query->found_posts;
   $totalpages = ceil( $postsinquery / $wp_query->query_vars['posts_per_page'] );

   Then check if it's the last page, if it is, then there's no more posts..
   

   if( $paged == $totalpages ) {
   // ITS THE LAST PAGE
   }

   or
   

   if( $paged < $totalpages ) {
   // ITS ANYTHING BUT THE LAST PAGE
   }

   Easiest solution i could think of right now.

   Does that help?

6. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   This topic might have an answer for you.

7. driz
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Think that's gonna be too complicated and allow breaks to happen. Is their not a simple way to test if a function has run?

8. driz
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   That post in that topic might work. But it's for previous_post rather than previous_posts which is a different function and has different variables etc as far as I know.

9. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   $wp_query holds information on the current query, that's why i used it in the example above..

   If you want to me explain or break down something i've shown above, just ask... ;)

10. driz
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    The solution presented by vtxyzzy is the best I think, as it will allow me to rewrite the links exactly how I want them. However that code is for another function, just tried it and nothing is spat out as its looking for next post when your previewing a single rather than the next set of posts. Can anyone help in editing the code to work for next posts rather than next post. Thanks

11. driz
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    Seems their is no get_next_posts() function, so I'm not sure how you get the next set of posts.

12. alchymyth
    The Sweeper & Moderator
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    if(previous_posts_link()) {
    echo '<li>';
    previous_posts_link($pagenavi_options['prev_text'], $max_pages);
    echo '</li>';
    }

13. driz
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    That code above doesn't work. Any other ideas of what the if statement would be?

14. vtxyzzy
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    I think this will work:

    if (!$wp_query) global $wp_query;
    if ( !$wp_query->query['paged']) {
       // On first page;
    } elseif ($wp_query->max_num_pages == $wp_query->query['paged']) {
       // On last page;
    }

15. Mark / t31os
    Moderator
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    Nice and simple... :)

    Is max_num_pages the same as the last page for the query though? .. is the name just misleading..

16. vtxyzzy
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    Not sure, couldn't find any documentation. But this works for me.

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