[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #6484: have_posts does not seem to work outside of the loop

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#6484: have_posts does not seem to work outside of the loop
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 Reporter:  jsherk   |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect   |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal   |    Milestone:           
Component:  General  |      Version:  2.5      
 Severity:  normal   |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:           |  
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Changes (by jsherk):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  invalid =>

Comment:

 Okay, I gave a bad example... I was trying to say that there MUST be
 posts, because when I put a valid ID in, it returns the title, yet
 have_posts returns empty, when it should in fact return as true or 1. I
 tried both your examples above...

 Example #1 returns a blank browser screen (in both IE6 and FF2).
 Example #2 returns bool(false) (in both IE6 and FF2).

 HOW TO RECREATE PROBLEM
 I copied the code right out of 'the loop' and have_posts still comes up
 empty. The blog itself works fine... have_posts returns what it should
 when it is used in the loop. BUT if I copy the same code into a seperate
 file, and use require('wp-blog-header') then have_posts returns nothing.
 The problem only occurs when have_posts is in a seperate file (not in the
 loop).

 Sample Code: (needs to be in it's own file like test.php or whatever)

 {{{
 <?php require('wp-blog-header.php'); ?>

 <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

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

 <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
 <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent
 Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
 <small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?>
 --></small>

 <div class="entry">
 <?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
 </div>

 <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', ''); ?> Posted in
 <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>
 <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »');
 ?>

 </div>

 <?php endwhile; ?>

 <div class="navigation">
 <div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries')
 ?></div>
 <div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;')
 ?></div>
 </div>

 <?php else : ?>

 <h2 class="center">Nothing Found</h2>

 <?php endif; ?>
 }}}


 Here is the link to the forum where somebody else is having the same
 problem...
 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164871


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