perch_blog_post_field()

Output a single field (such as the title) from a blog post using perch_blog_post_field(). Normally this would be done using a template, but sometimes is useful to quickly grab a field and output it. A good example is for the page title.

Requires

Parameters

Type Description
ID or Slug the ID or slug of your post
String The ID from your template of the field to return.
Boolean Set to true to have the value returned instead of echoed.

Usage examples

Return the value of postTitle. The first argument is a post ID or unique slug to identify the post. The second is the ID of the field you want to output.

<title><?php perch_blog_post_field(perch_get('s'), 'postTitle'); ?></title>

The value can be returned by passing true as the last argument.

<?php $title = perch_blog_post_field(perch_get('s'), 'postTitle', true); ?>