give $post_id a value

  • Resolved primestyle

    (@primestyle)


    16 years, 5 months ago

    Hi I am currently using this:

    <ul><?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=5"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
<?php $key="jeu"; echo get_post_meta($post_id, $key, true); ?></li>
<?php endwhile; ?>

    If i replace $post_id by a number it works. But I want to be able to add the post ID in $post_id automaticly so I donth ave to do it manualy. I’ve tried $post_id=the_id(); but that doesnt work it only shows the ID instead of getting the value of my custom field.

    any help would be great, thank you

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  • Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    Try $id or $post->ID — both should be available in the post loop.

    Thread Starter primestyle

    (@primestyle)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    yeah i tried that too, but I’m going to use it outsite of the loop in the side bar.

    The good news is I found a way, and this could come very handy in many occations using op_star()

    heres how I did it

    <?php
ob_start();
the_ID();
$post_id = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
?>
    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    16 years, 5 months ago

    Yikes. That’s a really roundabout way of doing things.

    Try this instead:
    $post_id = get_the_ID();

    Might be simpler and it won’t break things like the ob_start stuff will.

    For most all Loop functions, when you need values returned to you as a variable or a number, use get_the_whatever. When you just want to display the value of the variable, you use the_whatever. This is the general WordPress convention.

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