[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46983: get_the_excerpt() PHP warning if no except/post_content exists.

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#46983: get_the_excerpt() PHP warning if no except/post_content exists.
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 Reporter:  jaredatch     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  5.1.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 In blog post single templates, it's not uncommon to have a blog "header"
 that pulls from whatever is set in the page_for_posts option. Example:
 https://cl.ly/2d27f2540fdc

 This can be accomplished in the single post template by checking.

 {{{
 $title = get_the_title( get_option( 'page_for_posts' ) );
 $desc  = get_the_excerpt( get_option( 'page_for_posts' ) );
 }}}

 However if the Blog page does not have anything inside the excerpt OR the
 post content, it triggers a PHP error.

 See https://cl.ly/7dc933f2ef76

 If there is no post content or excerpt, the function should return an
 empty string.

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