[wp-hackers] new WP_Query vs. get_posts() - any difference?
Davit Barbakadze
jayarjo at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 16:10:25 UTC 2009
When I need custom loop with wp tag support I usually do:
<?php if ($posts = get_posts("cat=4,7")): ?>
<ul>
<?php foreach ($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
<li>
<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"
title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title();
?></a></h1>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>
But sometimes I see a different approach:
<?php $query = new WP_Query("cat=4,7");
if ($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post(); ?>
<ul>
<?php while ($query->have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<li>
<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"
title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title();
?></a></h1>
</li>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>
and codex uses it to for demonstration of how the custom loop should be
called. First approach is obviously cleaner, but maybe it has unobvious
drawbacks?
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Davit Barbakadze
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