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1. ransom1337
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   I'm trying to display an excerpt of the most recent blog post on the home page of my website. I'm doing this by putting this code at the top of the index.php:

   <?php
   // Include WordPress
   define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
   require('http://www.url.com/blog/wp-load.php');
   query_posts('showposts=1');
   ?>

   When loading up index.php I get the error:

   Fatal error: Call to undefined function query_posts() in /home1/chrisayr/public_html/projects/callumtoy/index.php on line 5

   This code works when I have my index.php page at http://www.url.com, but if I put it in my desired location (www.url.com/projects/imac/index.php) then this problem occurs. Anyone know why this is, and how I can get around it?

   Thank you.

2. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I don't think you use urls in requires or includes, you use paths, either relative or absolute

   so maybe....
   

   <?php
   // Include WordPress
   define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
   require('/home1/chrisayr/public_html/blog/wp-load.php');
   query_posts('showposts=1');
   ?>

   or
   

   <?php
   // Include WordPress
   define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
   require('../../blog/wp-load.php');
   query_posts('showposts=1');
   ?>

3. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Have you tried:
   

   require('/home1/chrisayr/public_html/blog/wp-load.php');

   [edit well the good Rev got there first]

4. ransom1337
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Brilliant, that worked nicely. Still new to PHP, thanks for your help guys :)

5. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   [edit well the good Rev got there first]

   lol....always good to have a second opinion, as I'm just going off my miniscule amount of knowledge, mixed with google!

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