[Plugin: PHP Code Widget] Trying to access the $post-ID for a single page and not happening…

  • sdickert

    (@sdickert)


    15 years, 4 months 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.

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  • stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    15 years, 4 months 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;
} ?>

    Thread Starter sdickert

    (@sdickert)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    Thank mate! That fixed it. Thanks!

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