[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21110: Post Dates in wp_get_recent_posts list

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#21110: Post Dates in wp_get_recent_posts list
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 Reporter:  oqm4          |       Owner:  oqm4
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * keywords:  dev-feedback needs-codex => close


Comment:

 This code works the same way for me on both 3.3.2 and 3.4.1.

 As stated in Codex, `get_the_date()` relies on `$post` global, which this
 code doesn't set. This results in the date of the first or the last post
 in the main (or some other) loop being displayed, depending on where the
 code is called from.

 Setting `$post` inside the `foreach()` loop makes it work as expected:
 {{{
 $args = array( 'numberposts' => '3', 'post_status' => 'publish' );
 $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
 global $post;
 foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
 $post = (object) $recent;
 echo '<li id="date"><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '"
 title="'.esc_attr($recent["post_title"]).'" >' .  get_the_date('M d') .
 '</a></li><li><a href="' . get_permalink($recent["ID"]) . '"
 title="'.esc_attr($recent["post_title"]).'" >' .
 $recent["post_title"].'</a> -
 '.esc_attr($recent["post_excerpt"]).'</li><li id="breaker"></li>';
 }
 wp_reset_postdata();
 }}}

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