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Revision: 51076
at September 14, 2011 00:17 by distribuida


Initial Code
//Get the first image from the post and display it
function catch_that_image() {
  global $post, $posts;
  $first_img = '';
  ob_start();
  ob_end_clean();
  $output = preg_match_all('/<img.+src=[\'"]([^\'"]+)[\'"].*>/i', $post->post_content, $matches);
  $first_img = $matches [1] [0];

  if(empty($first_img)){ //Defines a default image
    $first_img = "/images/default.jpg";
  }
  return $first_img;
}


//call the function within the loop
echo catch_that_image()

Initial URL
http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-get-the-first-image-from-the-post-and-display-it

Initial Description

                                

Initial Title
wordpress thumbnails

Initial Tags
wordpress

Initial Language
PHP