Display random posts, but omit the post it is on?

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I am trying to have a section under a single post where it displays completely random posts. I got everything working, but every once in a while one of the random posts that get displayed is the actual post that it is on (the single).

Here is my code:

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<?php
$args = array( 'numberposts' => 3, 'orderby' => 'rand' );
$rand_posts = get_posts( $args );
foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) : ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Is there anyway to not have it ever display the post it is on?

Thank you.

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  1. Check to see if you have a post ID (which you should on a single post page but I am not sure if this is in single.php or some other template like index.php) and add that to the $args if you do.

    $args = array( 'numberposts' => 3, 'orderby' => 'rand' );
if (is_singular() && isset($post->ID)) {
  $args['exclude'] = array($post->ID);
}
$rand_posts = get_posts( $args );

    Reference

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_singular
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_pages

  2. Just before this you can run <?php print_r( $post ); ?> and if it returns an array, then you can add a parameter 'exclude' => $post->id,

    Remove the print_r(); function after you’ve tested.

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