Title: require('wp-blog-header.php') does not work in a loop
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# require('wp-blog-header.php') does not work in a loop

 *  Resolved [hinhthoi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinhthoi/)
 * (@hinhthoi)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/)
 * Hi,
    I’m trying to use wp_insert_post from an external php file. This file works
   fine if there is no loop
 *     ```
       <?php
       require('wp-blog-header.php');
       $tmpstr = array(
                     'ID' => 1,
                     'post_title' => $title,
                     'post_content' => $post content,
                     'post_status' => 'publish',
                     'post_author' => '1',
                     'post_type' => $type
                  );
       wp_insert_post($tmpstr);
       ?>
       ```
   
 * However, when i put a loop,
    `<?php for ($i=0;$i<10,$i++) { require(‘wp-blog-
   header.php’); $tmpstr = array( ‘ID’ => 1, ‘post_title’ => $title[$i], ‘post_content’
   => $post content[$i], ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘post_author’ => ‘1’, ‘post_type’
   => $type ); wp_insert_post($tmpstr); } ?> It insert only 1 time into mysql database,
   then it stops Could anyone please help me to make it loop for 10 times, so that
   it can insert 10 entries? Thank you in advance!

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 *  [Frumph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frumph/)
 * (@frumph)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/#post-2771066)
 * try:
 * `require(ABSPATH.'wp-blog-header.php');`
 * wp_insert_post might be changing the relative url to the wp-admin directory
 *  Thread Starter [hinhthoi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinhthoi/)
 * (@hinhthoi)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/#post-2771085)
 * Hi Frumph
    Thank you for your help. But can you elaborate more about this? The
   path to the wp-blog-header.php is /home/myusername/public_html, so should it 
   be require(‘/home/myusername/public_html/wp-blog-header.php’); ?
 * I have tested that but it still insert only one entry
 *  [Frumph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frumph/)
 * (@frumph)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/#post-2771119)
 * was just a thought, otherwise it could be ‘exiting’ out of the function/loop 
   with an error, have you checked your php error logs?
 *  Thread Starter [hinhthoi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinhthoi/)
 * (@hinhthoi)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/#post-2771250)
 * Hi, could you tell me how to check the php logs? Since i’m new to php stuffs.
   It seems like this information is not accessible from a shared server, is it?
 *  [Frumph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frumph/)
 * (@frumph)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/#post-2771257)
 * That you will have to ask your hosting about.
 * Mine on Cirtex hosting is in a file called error_log .. other peoples are in 
   a /logs directory. It all depends on your hostings setup to handle error logs.
 *  Thread Starter [hinhthoi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hinhthoi/)
 * (@hinhthoi)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/#post-2771260)
 * Hi Frumph, thanks for your help. I have resolve the problem by putting the require
   command outside of the loop

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## Tags

 * [loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/loop/)
 * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/)
 * [wp_insert_post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_insert_post/)

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 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requirewp-blog-headerphp-does-not-work-in-a-loop/#post-2771260)
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