Get current page ID (NOT post ID)

  • MattParkins

    (@mattparkins)


    12 years, 2 months ago

    I’m in a page (NOT a post) and am trying to retrieve the Page ID using some embedded PHP in the page (using a PHP exec plugin). So far I’ve tried:

    <?php echo "pageid: ".$page->ID; ?>

    $page->ID returns empty, but using:
    $post->ID returns empty too,
    $get_the_ID() instead causes an error and stops execution,
    $the_ID() ditto above,
    $wp_query->post->ID returns empty, and finally:

    $this_page_id = get_query_var('page_id');
echo "pageid: ".$this_page_id; ?>

    returns “pageid: 0”

    Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?

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  • Thread Starter MattParkins

    (@mattparkins)

    12 years, 2 months ago

    Solved. I hate wordpress.

    The solution was to use $post->ID as above, except IT NEEDS A global $post; first. Seriously, where is that in the docs?

    <?php echo “pageid: “.$post->ID; ?> // DOES NOT WORK

    <?php
global $post;
echo "pageid: ".$post->ID;
?>

    It is probably related to some php.ini setting, or PHP5 or something, but some kind of warning somewhere would have been nice.

    rickleijtencom

    (@rickleijtencom)

    12 years, 2 months ago

    There is no difference in page or post id.
    Everything is a post, pages just have a different post_type.

    <?php the_ID(); ?> (inside the loop!)

    Thread Starter MattParkins

    (@mattparkins)

    12 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for that, Rick, that helps me grasp what is going on.

    Unfortunately the_ID() did not work for me presumably because I wasn’t inside the loop, but in a single page. In fact the_ID() killed execution.

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