From c725b77068c0a9fb9675a4603c3ce52eea52307a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Taylor <scott.c.taylor@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:05:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Check for the existence of `$post` before using it in
 `get_the_ID()`. Return `false` if it doesn't exist.

Props UmeshSingla.
Fixes #17034.

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git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@28648 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/post-template.php | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/post-template.php b/wp-includes/post-template.php
index ed49895ecd..0f1570a21b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post-template.php
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ function the_ID() {
  * @since 2.1.0
  * @uses $post
  *
- * @return int
+ * @return int|bool The ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop. False if $post is not set.
  */
 function get_the_ID() {
-	return get_post()->ID;
+	$post = get_post();
+	return ! empty ( $post ) ? $post->ID : false;
 }
 
 /**