get_post_meta with query_post function

  • Resolved stonedeft

    (@stonedeft)


    16 years, 2 months ago

    Hello forums

    How do you get the post meta using the query_post function

    I have this: 

    query_posts('category_name=videos');
 while (have_posts()) : the_post();
 echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'videoThumb', true);
 endwhile;

    Somehow it isn’t working

    when I tried to echo $post->ID there is no value but when I echoed the_title() there is a value. I think the post id is NULL.

    Thanks

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Looks okay so would guess the category_name is failing or ‘videoThumb’ is failing.

    Thread Starter stonedeft

    (@stonedeft)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Since I am using this code inside a plug-in file I should globalize $post so I can get the value of $post->ID

    <php?
query_posts('category_name=videos');
 while (have_posts()) : the_post();
 echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'videoThumb', true);
 endwhile; ?>

    other way to do it is with wp_query

    <?php
    $my_query = new WP_Query(‘cat=4’);
    while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
    global $post;
    echo get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘videoThumb’, true);
    endwhile; ?>

    Cheers!!

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