[EventCalendar] Looking backwards in time? - if statements

[Steve Logan]

Ahh!  Fair cop, gov.  Hadn't thought about that...

Alex Tingle wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> On 31 Oct 2006, at 11:26, Steve Logan wrote:
> 
>> As aside to the main thread...
>>
>>>>     <!-- The Loop -->
>>>>     <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
>>>>        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>       
>>>>           <?php if ( in_category($this_cat) ) : ?>
>>> What? Putting an "if ..." inside your loop is not a good idea. Imagine
>>> what happens if the first 10 posts fail your 'if' criterion. If
>>> $this_cat is not 2, then why not...
>>
>> Why is putting an 'if' inside The Loop not a good idea?
>>
>> Surely if a post fails the loop then nothing gets printed.  If they 
>> all fail then I get nothing printed - which might not be pretty but 
>> isn't fatal.  Or am I missing something??
> 
> You've got WordPress set to show 10 posts per page, right? Now what 
> happens if the first ten posts all fail your 'if'? You get no posts 
> shown, and your visitor has to click "next page" in the hope that some 
> of posts 11-20 pass the test.
> 
> The correct way to do this is exclude the unwanted posts in the query.
> 
> -Alex
> 
> 
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