[wp-hackers] Post excerpts within the_content filter callback functions

[Dougal Campbell]

On Jun 15 2010 10:55 PM, John Blackbourn wrote:
> [...]
> The reason this doesn't work is because this will cause an infinite
> loop in PHP if the post's post_excerpt field is empty. Why? When
> get_the_excerpt() is called, if the post's post_excerpt field is empty
> then wp_trim_excerpt() will generate an excerpt using the post
> content, and this post content has the_content filter applied to it,
> giving us our infinite loop.
>    

Maybe try something like...

function my_content_callback( $content ) {
	global $post;
	static $flag = 0;
	while (0 == $flag++) {
		$excerpt = get_the_excerpt( $post->ID );
		// do something with $excerpt
	}
	return $content;
}
add_filter( 'the_content', 'my_content_callback' );

The first time through, it should call your excerpt function, but when 
wp_trim_excerpt() calls your filter again, the static $flag variable 
should be 1, and skip calling get_the_excerpt() again.

I haven't actually tested it, but I think that should work.

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