[wp-hackers] Embed WP Post in Page outside WP. Tried, but getting error.

[jacobsantos at branson.com]

<?php
require dirname(__FILE__).'/../blog/wp-config.php';
require('pathtoyourwordpressinstall/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

Wp-config.php includes wp-settings.php which includes all required files.

Jacob Santos

One Eyed View wrote:
> Hi everyone, this is my first post here (just found this list). I have a
> question about embedding a WP post in my .php page outside of my WP
> installation. I'm trying to include just the latest post on the main page of
> my site. Seems relatively easy right?
>
> I found this thread on the WP forums
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/83086. Here what it says...
>
> Any page that is outside the WP installation can still have WP stuff on it.
> Just add this to the top of the page:
>
> <?php require('pathtoyourwordpressinstall/wp-blog-header.php'); ?>
>
> So, if you put that little bit of code at the top of the page, this should
> work to display the most recent post:
> <?php
> $posts = get_posts('numberposts=1');
> foreach($posts as $post) :
> setup_postdata($post);
> ?>
> "<?php the_permalink(); ? " id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title();
> ?> 
> <?php the_content(); ?>
> <?php endforeach; ?>
>
> So, I tried this and I am getting an error: Fatal error: Call to undefined
> function: get_posts() in
> /home/content/a/a/a/myusername/html/newsite/index.php on line 78
>
> The file I am including, wp-blog-header.php seems to includes this line:
> require_once( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-includes/functions.php');
>
> I've looked inside the functions.php page and searched for get_posts(), but
> did not see a reference to it.
>
> My main page is here: http://mysite.com/newsite/index.php
> My blog is here: http://mysite.com/blog/
> I am using the latest version of WP (Version 2.2.2)
>
> Would anyone here be able to clue me in as to what's going wrong here, or
> maybe point me in the right direction of where to look? I would be very
> appreciative.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Adam
>