Looks like this if condition is not working [closed]

Question

I want a query to be executed IF the following condition is true... but looks like the query is executed anyways.

if($post->post_parent = '302'){
// Query goes here
}

Is this query fine?? I want to executed the query if the parent page of current page is 302.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try adding global $post; to the function, so that the $post variable will be available within the function's scope. Also, make sure your code is executing inside The Loop. If the function is executing too early, then $post may not be available.

If neither of those things work, please post the full function and any other relevant code or details.

Answer 2

The following solution worked

$query2= mysql_query("SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE ID='$post->ID' AND post_parent=302");
$numrows2 = mysql_num_rows($query2);
if($numrows2 != 0) {
// query goes here
}