how can I get my function to returl all post instead of just one

Discussion in 'PHP' started by macaela, May 28, 2012.

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  1. #1
    Hi have this function that is meant to return all the post of category news, the problem is that is only returning one post of that category I want to return all the post.

    <?php
//function to display the third last news published
function wptuts_third_last_news_shortcode($atts, $content=null) {
query_posts( 'category_name=news' );   if (have_posts()) :
      while (have_posts()) : the_post();
              $blog_link = get_permalink(); // this si the link
         $return_string =  "<a href=" .$blog_link .">" . get_the_title() . "</a>" ;
      endwhile;
   endif;
   wp_reset_query();
   return $return_string;
}
add_shortcode( 'third_last_news', 'wptuts_third_last_news_shortcode');
?>
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    macaela, May 28, 2012 IP
  2. stasiek

    stasiek Peon

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    Hi,
    try something like that:
    
[LEFT][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$return_string[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] .[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace]  [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"<a href="[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$blog_link[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]">"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] get_the_title[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"</a><br />"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace];[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
    Code (markup):
    instead of:
    
[LEFT][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$return_string[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace]  [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"<a href="[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000088][FONT=monospace]$blog_link[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]">"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] get_the_title[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace]([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#009900][FONT=monospace])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=monospace]"</a>"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#111111][FONT=monospace] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#339933][FONT=monospace];[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
    Code (markup):
    Why?
    Because when it is without dot it will be overwriting $return_string variable and returning only one link.
     
    stasiek, May 28, 2012 IP
  3. macaela

    macaela Active Member

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    Hi thanks that did the trick thanks alot here the whole code in case someone pumbs into it.

    <?php 
//function to display all the news titles and link to the story
function wptuts_all_news_titles_shortcode($atts, $content=null) {
query_posts(array('category_name' => 'news', 'order' => 'DESC' , 'offset' => 3)); // offset to skip the first 3 news
   if (have_posts()) :
      while (have_posts()) : the_post();
	 	$blog_link = get_permalink(); // this will get the post url
        $return_string .=  "<p><a href=" .$blog_link .">" . get_the_title() . "</a> </p>" ;
      endwhile;
   endif;
   wp_reset_query();
   return $return_string;
}  
add_shortcode( 'all_news_titles', 'wptuts_all_news_titles_shortcode');
?>
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    macaela, May 28, 2012 IP