How to print different informations for different post types inside The Loop?

Question

I have a homepage that is mixing two post-types : post and events

My aim is to print the details of each event in order to differentiate the content.

This is the method that I used to mix posts and events inside the Loop :

// The Query
        $args = array(
           'post_type' => array( 'post', 'event', 'book' )
            );
    
        $query = new WP_Query( $args );

In the Loop, I am printing the title, the excerpt and I wonder if it is possible then to introduce a condition (inside the Loop) to verify of this is an event and then retrieve some details about it. It looks exactly like this:

// The Loop
        
        if ( $query->have_posts() ) : ?>

        <?php if ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) : ?>
            <header>
                <h1 class="page-title screen-reader-text"><?php single_post_title(); ?></h1>
            </header>
        <?php endif; ?>

        <?php
        // Start the loop.
        while ( $query->have_posts() ) :
            $query->the_post();

            /*
             * Instead of publishing all the content, on home page we only get the title, the thumbnail and an excerpt
             */
        the_title( '<h1 class="entry-title">', '</h1>' );
        the_excerpt() ;
        
        // Test if this is an event and then print details
        if (is_singular('event') ) {
            eo_get_template_part( 'event-meta', 'event-single' );
        }

            // End the loop.
        endwhile;

I am not really sure that I am using the best approach on this. I have seen that there is also another way to mix contents by modifying the global query in functions.php

Someone here can please tell me how can accomplish this ?

Answer 1

Of course, you can use conditions like this inside the loop.

if ( 'event' == get_post_type( get_the_ID() ) ) {
  // do something
}

Full code would be

// The Loop
    
    if ( $query->have_posts() ) : ?>

    <?php if ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) : ?>
        <header>
            <h1 class="page-title screen-reader-text"><?php single_post_title(); ?></h1>
        </header>
    <?php endif; ?>

    <?php
    // Start the loop.
    while ( $query->have_posts() ) :
        $query->the_post();

        /*
         * Instead of publishing all the content, on home page we only get the title, the thumbnail and an excerpt
         */
    the_title( '<h1 class="entry-title">', '</h1>' );
    the_excerpt() ;
    
    // Test if this is an event and then print details
    if (is_singular('event') ) {
        eo_get_template_part( 'event-meta', 'event-single' );
    }
    if ( 'event' == get_post_type( get_the_ID() ) ) {
      // do something
    }

        // End the loop.
    endwhile;