Description

Takes a post ID and returns the database record for that post. You can specify, by means of the $output parameter, how you would like the results returned.

Usage

<!--?php get_post($post, $output); ?> 

Example

To get the title for a post with ID 7:

<!--?php
$my_id = 7;
$post_id_7 = get_post($my_id); 
$title = $post_id_7->post_title;
?> 

Alternatively, specify the $output parameter:

<!--?php
$my_id = 7;
$post_id_7 = get_post($my_id, ARRAY_A);
$title = $post_id_7['post_title'];
?> 

<!--?php
##    Correct: pass a dummy variable as post_id
$the_post = & get_post( $dummy_id = 7 );
    
##    Incorrect: literal integer as post_id
$the_post = & get_post( 7 );
//    Fatal error: 'Only variables can be passed for reference' or 'Cannot pass parameter 1 by reference'
?>

Parameters

$post

(integer) (required) The ID of the post you'd like to fetch. You must pass a variable containing an integer (e.g. $id). A literal integer (e.g. 7) will cause a fatal error (Only variables can be passed for reference or Cannot pass parameter 1 by reference).

Default: None

$output

(string) (optional) How you'd like the result.

• OBJECT - returns an object
• ARRAY_A - Returns an associative array of field names to values
• ARRAY_N - returns a numeric array of field values

Default: OBJECT

Return

The fields returned are:

ID

(integer) The post ID

post_author

(integer) The post author's ID

post_date

(string) The datetime of the post (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)

post_date_gmt

(string) The GMT datetime of the post (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)

post_content

(string) The post's contents

post_title

(string) The post's title

post_category

(integer) The post category's ID. Note that this will always be 0 (zero) from wordpress 2.1 onwards. To determine a post's category or categories, use get_the_category().

post_excerpt

(string) The post excerpt

post_status

(string) The post status (publish|pending|draft|private|static|object|attachment|inherit|future)

comment_status

(string) The comment status (open|closed|registered_only)

ping_status

(string) The pingback/trackback status (open|closed)

post_password

(string) The post password

post_name

(string) The post's URL slug

to_ping

(string) URLs to be pinged

pinged

(string) URLs already pinged

post_modified

(string) The last modified datetime of the post (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)

post_modified_gmt

(string) The last modified GMT datetime of the post (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)

post_content_filtered

(string)

post_parent

(integer) The parent post's ID (for attachments, etc)

guid

(string) A link to the post. Note: One cannot rely upon the GUID to be the permalink (as it previously was in pre-2.5), Nor can you expect it to be a valid link to the post. It's mearly a unique identifier, which so happens to be a link to the post at present.

menu_order

(integer)

post_type

(string) (post|page|attachment)

post_mime_type

(string) Mime Type (for attachments, etc)

comment_count

(integer) Number of comments

References

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