This is a WORDPRESS specific question, not a PHP issue. I'm simply asking in what instance would the format of the below code be used in Wordpress.
<?php
$options = get_option( 'my_theme_options' );
$meta_desc = $options['metadescription'];
?>
<?php if( ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) ...
I wonder how soon will Jeff get bored of trolling PHP... and which language he did pick for secret project (and potential of PHP having last laugh about that :)
@Brady Yeah me neither, but now I think 'exact duplicate' is more appropriate. He's just reposted the question because he's annoyed that EAMann closed the original
Jeff says; "I can’t even say what’s wrong with PHP, because – okay. Imagine you have uh, a toolbox. A set of tools. Looks okay, standard stuff in there. "
I think there is no doubt PHP has some seeeeerious language design issues... but I don't think there is a point to sulk about that... give better alternatives with comparable infrastructure and PHP will die out, right? :)
The have_posts() function checks if the 'main query' returned any posts. is_tax can check if a certain taxonomy archive page is being shown.
In this case, the solution (taken from the comments):
if( is_tax( 'genre' ) && !have_posts() ){
//Display widget
}
@anu we have so many computers and printers in here that central heating is not required. We even have the windows open. You can imagine how bad it gets in here when its sunny and warm outside
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Should we close outdated, abandoned questions?
I recently watched Joel Spolsky - Cultural Anthropology of Stack Exchange and I picked up a couple of things.
1) StackExchange network is not here to service the question asker but those hundreds/thousands of users ...
you know the problem with explaining the world (it took some months) that query_posts() should not be used? now they use their own re-invented version of query_posts()
@StephenHarris Its not so much its wrong to use it. Its only wrong if you use it to alter the main query or you dont reset the global variables after using it.
@StephenHarris what I mean by the main query is the query that is run on page load (What WordPress thought you wanted). If you are using query_posts() on the main query then you are dumping what was returned to make a second query to the database
Which is wrong as its wasteful.
@toscho not my fault EAMann named his question with some obscure title :)
complaining There're close to no questions on first page, that are worth an answer. Only worth close voting, editing and downvoting... No chance to make it above current rep without old questions (and the good, solvable ones are already answered. stop complaining
@Brady Couldn't you declare $post as static - gets filled in case anyway and would you safe some lines. You could also do is_page() AND $post = get_closest_page();.
Also I think this will fail for every second call - if this is intended.
@toscho Is it okay to use date_default_timezone_set( ); inside a plugin? It appears that the timezone is only enforced within the plugin's jurisdiction (for example, only in sitemaps if used in a sitemaps plugin) and nowhere else.
(I have to... I don't want to mess with all the PHP code in the plugin, not right now)
I am using a sitemaps plugin which in very complex ways sets the timezone of <lastmod> (i.e. last modified time) for posts to GMT.
Temporarily, until the plugin developer fixes it, I need to enforce a custom timezone on the plugin. The simple and straightforward way that I've found is to a...
@kaiser haven't used it yet - but will probably add it to the paywalled football site I built a couple of years ago - from all accounts it's fairly awesome
@kaiser pretty normal for a wordcamp filmed session, unfortunately. I tried watching nacin's talk about wp_query - had the talk in one window, and the slides from slideshare in a separate one
@anu The only two really annoying things in code are, that they're using PHP4 and dumping lots of js vars directly into global namespace instead of using localize script...
@TomJNowell That was no criticism over all - I could also leave an issue on github. I was just trying to find something that I don't like, as I couldn't believe it so far ;)
@TomJNowell sticky footer is a hassle as I see it. I'll make my pages longer instead :) and also make sure that the footer looks much better horizontally like a stripe.
I'm running wordpress locally on 127.0.0.1 on mac osx lion. All links work fine. Problem is when I add pages, and set permalinks to the page, and then associate the page with one of my template themes, I get this: Not Found The requested URL /gps-products was not found on this server. The thing is I have the same code and database on two different mac computers running lion. So I am thinking that something is different with the apache configurations.
@toscho mmm... well it seems you can in PHP 5.3? php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.static.php The only difference, as I understand it, is when dealing with class extensions. In my case, I wasn't and so there is no difference, and switching to self worked.
When creating a question it is not interpreting code blocks correctly when you indent with 4 spaces.
For example:
This should be code!
But it is not.
EDIT: must have a blank line before and after block code, maybe specify this in instructions?
WordPress questions were never declared as off topic on Stack Overflow, and there are some rules preventing migration:
Low quality questions are closed, not migrated.
If something could be on topic on two sites, the questions stays where it was asked.
The tag wordpress on SO isn't always used p...
This question is a user-support question, and clearly outside the scope of our FAQ:
Cannot Upload Custom Header Image into Wordpress Dashboard
How do we stop these questions from being migrated here?
Should we make our FAQ more explicit, regarding user-support questions (and directing them appr...
I am stuck in a weird situation (all of a sudden) — only one Page doesn't show it's content, and it's the "Contact Us" page. Any ideas as to where I should start? I have undone all changes I could remember
this is weird enough I can't even ask it on the main site :(
I would like to add some code in functions.php that does this:
If the first paragraph contains an image, show my custom code right AFTER it. For example:
<div class="entry-content">
<p><img src="http://example.com/example.jpg" alt="Image in 1st para" /></p>
<...
@JohnMerlino Always keep in mind, that you've to ->prepare() stuff, which is basically something like (s)prinf(), but only supports string and integer. And don't forget to use like_escape() for LIKE stuff.
> query (string) The SQL query you wish to execute, with %s and %d placeholders. Any other % characters may cause parsing errors unless they are escaped. All % characters inside SQL string literals, including LIKE wildcards, must be double-% escaped as %%.
But normally there's a core function, so you need $wpdb->query() only some very rare and specific cases.
This is a WORDPRESS specific question, not a PHP issue. I'm simply asking in what instance would the format of the below code be used in Wordpress.
<?php
$options = get_option( 'my_theme_options' );
$meta_desc = $options['metadescription'];
?>
<?php if( ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) ...
The have_posts() function checks if the 'main query' returned any posts. is_tax can check if a certain taxonomy archive page is being shown.
In this case, the solution (taken from the comments):
if( is_tax( 'genre' ) && !have_posts() ){
//Display widget
}
Possible Duplicate:
Should we close outdated, abandoned questions?
I recently watched Joel Spolsky - Cultural Anthropology of Stack Exchange and I picked up a couple of things.
1) StackExchange network is not here to service the question asker but those hundreds/thousands of users ...
I am using a sitemaps plugin which in very complex ways sets the timezone of <lastmod> (i.e. last modified time) for posts to GMT.
Temporarily, until the plugin developer fixes it, I need to enforce a custom timezone on the plugin. The simple and straightforward way that I've found is to a...
<?php
class Employee {
public static $favSport = "Football";
public static function watchTV()
{
echo "Watching ".static::$favSport;
}
}
class Executive extends Employee {
public static $favSport = "Polo";
}
echo Executive::watchTV();
?>
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC on ...
When creating a question it is not interpreting code blocks correctly when you indent with 4 spaces.
For example:
This should be code!
But it is not.
EDIT: must have a blank line before and after block code, maybe specify this in instructions?
WordPress questions were never declared as off topic on Stack Overflow, and there are some rules preventing migration:
Low quality questions are closed, not migrated.
If something could be on topic on two sites, the questions stays where it was asked.
The tag wordpress on SO isn't always used p...
This question is a user-support question, and clearly outside the scope of our FAQ:
Cannot Upload Custom Header Image into Wordpress Dashboard
How do we stop these questions from being migrated here?
Should we make our FAQ more explicit, regarding user-support questions (and directing them appr...
