Modifying WordPress PHP

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Hello all,

I’m trying to modify a WordPress file for the article pages of Mxdwn.com. Here is an example: [MxDwn](http://www.mxdwn.com/2012/09/21/topstory/how-to-destroy-angels-officially-confirm-new-ep-an-omen-for-november-13th-release/ “”). After the article, there is Related … Content links with subcategories such as News & Reviews. I am trying to prevent the recurrence of any link, such as Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which is seen six times in the list.

Here is the original code which prints the list:

while (list($term_taxonomy_id, $post_id, $taxonomy, $term_id, $name) = mysql_fetch_row($query)) {
$check = 0;
if ($name) {
if ($check == 0) {
echo “
Related $name Content:
“;
}
$check = $check + 1;
$result2 = “select wp_terms.term_id as term_id, wp_terms.name as name, wp_term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id as term_taxonomy_id1, wp_term_relationships.object_id as post_id, wtr2.term_taxonomy_id as term_taxonomy_id2, wtt2.term_id as category_id, wtt2.taxonomy as category, wt2.name as category_name from wp_terms left join wp_term_taxonomy on wp_terms.term_id = wp_term_taxonomy.term_id left join wp_term_relationships on wp_term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id = wp_term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id left join wp_term_relationships as wtr2 on wp_term_relationships.object_id = wtr2.object_id left join wp_term_taxonomy as wtt2 on wtr2.term_taxonomy_id = wtt2.term_taxonomy_id left join wp_terms as wt2 on wtt2.term_id = wt2.term_id where wp_terms.term_id = $term_id and wtt2.taxonomy = ‘category’ order by category_name ASC”;
$query2 = mysql_db_query(“mxdwn”, $result2);
$checkreviews = 0;
$checknews = 0;
$checkfeatures = 0;
while (list($term_id, $name, $term_taxonomy_id1, $post_id, $term_taxonomy_id2, $category_id, $category, $category_name) = mysql_fetch_row($query2)) {
if ($category_name != ‘Top Story’) {
if ($category_name == ‘Reviews’ && $checkreviews == 0) {
echo “
Reviews
“;
$checkreviews = $checkreviews + 1;
}
elseif ($category_name == ‘News’ && $checknews == 0) {
echo “
News
“;
$checknews = $checknews + 1;
}
elseif ($category_name == ‘Features’ && $checkfeatures == 0) {
echo “
Features
“;
$checkfeatures = $checkfeatures + 1;
}
$permalink = get_permalink($post_id);
$relatedtitle = get_the_title($post_id);
echo “$relatedtitle
“;
}
}
}
}

It appears the content echoed relies solely on $post_id, so I created a check to see if the loop puts through an identical $post_id. It can be seen in the code with some other slight modifications:

$already_posted = array(); //AMS; create array that will hold $post_id for each title/permalink already echoed
while (list($term_taxonomy_id, $post_id, $taxonomy, $term_id, $name) = mysql_fetch_row($query)) {

$post_check = true;
foreach($already_posted as $already_posted_each) {
if( $post_id == $already_posted_each) {
$post_check = false;
break;
}
}
if( $post_check == true ) {
$check = 0;
if ($name) {
if ($check == 0) {
echo “
Related $name Content:
“;
// $name of the tag, such as “The Flaming Lips” or “B.B. King”
}
$check = $check + 1;
$result2 = “select wp_terms.term_id as term_id, wp_terms.name as name, wp_term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id as term_taxonomy_id1, wp_term_relationships.object_id as post_id, wtr2.term_taxonomy_id as term_taxonomy_id2, wtt2.term_id as category_id, wtt2.taxonomy as category, wt2.name as category_name from wp_terms left join wp_term_taxonomy on wp_terms.term_id = wp_term_taxonomy.term_id left join wp_term_relationships on wp_term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id = wp_term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id left join wp_term_relationships as wtr2 on wp_term_relationships.object_id = wtr2.object_id left join wp_term_taxonomy as wtt2 on wtr2.term_taxonomy_id = wtt2.term_taxonomy_id left join wp_terms as wt2 on wtt2.term_id = wt2.term_id where wp_terms.term_id = $term_id and wtt2.taxonomy = ‘category’ order by category_name ASC”;
$query2 = mysql_db_query(“mxdwn”, $result2);
$checktopstory = 0;
$checkhighfidelity = 0;
$checkreviews = 0;
$checknews = 0;
$checkfeatures = 0;
while (list($term_id, $name, $term_taxonomy_id1, $post_id, $term_taxonomy_id2, $category_id, $category, $category_name) = mysql_fetch_row($query2)) {
$post_check = true;
foreach($already_posted as $already_posted_each) {
if( $post_id == $already_posted_each) {
$post_check = false;
break;
}
}

if( $post_check == true ) {

if ($category_name == ‘Top Story’ || $category_name == ‘High Fidelity’ || $category_name == ‘Reviews’ || $category_name == ‘News’ || $category_name == ‘Features’) {
// any category we do not want to appear on page must go in this if statement

if ($category_name == ‘Top Story’ && $checktopstory == 0) {
echo “
News
“;
$checktopstory = $checktopstory + 1;
}
elseif ($category_name == ‘High Fidelity’ && $checkhighfidelity == 0) {
echo “
Features
“;
$checkhighfidelity = $checkhighfidelity + 1;
}

elseif ($category_name == ‘Reviews’ && $checkreviews == 0) {
echo “
Reviews
“;
$checkreviews = $checkreviews + 1;
}
elseif ($category_name == ‘News’ && $checknews == 0) {
echo “
News
“;
$checknews = $checknews + 1;
}
elseif ($category_name == ‘Features’ && $checkfeatures == 0) {
echo “
Features
“;
$checkfeatures = $checkfeatures + 1;
}

$permalink = get_permalink($post_id);
// get_permalink returns a permalink (string) for a given post id

$relatedtitle = get_the_title($post_id);
// get_the_title returns the title of a post for a given post id

echo “$relatedtitle
“;
// displays title post anchored to corresponding permalink

$already_posted[] = $post_id;

}
}
}
}
}
}

Now, when a $post_id is repeated, the echoed list is abruptly stopped. Any ideas?

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