Continuing a WordPress PHP Loop

Question

I'm currently trying to develop a custom Wordpress theme, and on my homepage I need to add a second content block. I am using a plugin to do this, which simply requires me to add the following where I want the content block to be.

<?php the_block('Latest Products')?>

However when I add this it seems to have no effect which I believe is due to the formatting of my php. I'm fairly new to php, so any help is greatly appreciated.

My code is as follows - I've cut out the best part of the HTML. I think it's something to do with that 'endforeach' tag?

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php if(have_posts()) :?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=4&category=1');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 ?>                     
<div class="blogsnippet">
<div class="postdate">
    <span class="top"><?php the_time ('j')?></span><br/><span class="bottom"><?php the_time('M');?></span>
</div>
<div class="postexcerpt">
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<p><?php echo(get_the_excerpt());?></p>
</div>
</div>

<?php endforeach;?>             

<?php the_block('Latest Products')?>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

EDIT

Okay, so apparently it needs to be put outside the loop, however it still won't work. Any ideas?

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php if(have_posts()) :?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php
 global $post;
 $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=4&category=1');
 foreach($myposts as $post) :
 ?>                     
<div class="blogsnippet">
<div class="postdate">
<span class="top"><?php the_time ('j')?></span><br/><span class="bottom"><?php     the_time('M');?></span>
</div>
<div class="postexcerpt">
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<p><?php echo(get_the_excerpt());?></p>
</div>
</div>

<?php endforeach;?>             
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

<?php the_block('Latest Products')?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Ryan B · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11 00:53:12Z

1

This mostly depends on what the plugin is actually doing because your code syntax is correct.

If you are using the Multiple Content Blocks plugin and are using the latest Wordpress version 3.5.1 then I believe the plugin may not be compatible. I'd check the version compatibility of the plugin to your Wordpress install as this could be your issue.

EDIT:

The plugin works by applying a filter to the function the_content() so that is why it only works by declaring the_block() before the_content() function is called.

A solution could be to capture the output the_block() and use print it out later, as an example:

<?php 
    ob_start();  
    the_block('Latest Products'); 
    $latest_products_contents = ob_get_contents(); 
    ob_end_clean();
?>
<!-- Further down.. -->
<?php echo $latest_products_contents; ?>

edited Mar 11, 2013 at 0:53

answered Mar 10, 2013 at 23:46

Ryan B

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2 Comments

Luke Kendall Over a year ago

Thanks Ryan - there's not enough data to determine it's compatibility yet - one person says it works but that's all. For some reason, I just don't see the second editable region in the page editor whilst it is outside the loop. If put it inside the loop, specifically above the section calling the latest 4 posts it appears and works fine, even within the loop, but obviously I need it below there. This leads me to think something is incorrect with that code, but I'm not experienced enough to be able to tell.

Ryan B Over a year ago

I made an edit to my answer that should resolve the problem. Your code is correct, it's just the plugin that requires the specific ordering.

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