Title: Strange Loop Problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Strange Loop Problem

 *  Resolved [faustina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faustina/)
 * (@faustina)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-loop-problem/)
 * [http://www.gollygolly.com/category/photos/](http://www.gollygolly.com/category/photos/)
 * Go there, you will see my problem. I really don’t know what’s causing this. This
   is the only code in the page of any substance:
 * `<?php if (! empty($display_stats) ) { get_stats(); } else if (($posts & empty(
   $display_stats)) ) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?> 
    <div class="
   entrycat"> <?php $arc_query = new WP_Query('category_name=photos&orderby=post_date&
   order=DESC&showposts=-1'); ?> <?php while ($arc_query->have_posts()) : $arc_query-
   >the_post(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?
   >"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt; ?></a> <?php endwhile; ?>  </div>  <?php endforeach;
   else: ?>
 * Any ideas on what I need to change?

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-loop-problem/#post-502637)
 * You have one posts loop (generated through WP_Query()) nested in another (`foreach(
   $posts as $post)`), and this is causing the displaying of each post multiple 
   times. 5 times 5, to be exact.
 * At this point I wouldn’t know what to suggest to replace the code above as I’ve
   no idea what is important and what isn’t. But you can try whittling it down to:
 * `<div class="entrycat">
    <?php $arc_query = new WP_Query('category_name=photos&
   orderby=post_date&order=DESC&showposts=-1'); ?> <?php while ($arc_query->have_posts()):
   $arc_query->the_post(); ?><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title();?
   >"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt; ?></a> <?php endwhile; ?> </div>
 * And go from there.
 *  Thread Starter [faustina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faustina/)
 * (@faustina)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-loop-problem/#post-502659)
 * How would I close that? This is what I have tried putting after the code you 
   suggested:
 * `<?php endforeach; else: ?> 
    <div class="center"> <h2>Not Found</h2> </div> 
   <?php endif; ?>
 *  </div>
    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 * </div>
    <?php get_footer(); ?>
 * I get page errors for the ‘foreach’ statement, but I can’t seem to find anything
   that works.
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-loop-problem/#post-502734)
 * What I gave above is a complete statement or code block. You don’t close it with`
   endforeach` or `endif` because it’s a `while` statement, hence the `endwhile`
   at the end. But if you need a conditional, you can change it to:
 * `<?php if($arc_query->have_posts()) : while($arc_query->have_posts()) : $arc_query-
   >the_post(); ?>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title();?
   >"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt; ?></a> <?php endwhile; else : ?> <div class
   ="center"> <h2>Not Found</h2> </div> <?php endif; ?>
 *  Thread Starter [faustina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faustina/)
 * (@faustina)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-loop-problem/#post-502785)
 * I don’t really NEED the conditional, so I just ended it with the while. It worked
   perfectly. Thank you so much, I appreciate the help. I am pretty good with code
   but querys are completely strange to me. Thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [faustina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faustina/)
 * (@faustina)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-loop-problem/#post-503054)
 * If you, or anyone could take a look – [http://www.gollygolly.com/category/photos/](http://www.gollygolly.com/category/photos/)–
   That is the page where I am using this code. In IE the photos (excerpts) don’t
   show up! It’s funny because the source code says that they are there, but nothing
   is there to see. Any ideas?

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 * Last reply from: [faustina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faustina/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-loop-problem/#post-503054)
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