Wordpress how to prevent duplicate post by checking if post title exist before running "wp_insert_post"?
You can use get_page_by_title() as it supports custom post types now.
if (!get_page_by_title($title, OBJECT, 'skarabeepublication')) : $my_post = array( 'post_title'=>$title, 'post_content'=>'my contents', 'post_status'=>'draft', 'post_type'=>'skarabeepublication', 'post_author'=>1, ); wp_insert_post($my_post);endif;Codex information here
Surprised not to see mention of post_exists function in wp-includes/post.php. See entry on wpseek. There is no entry in the codex. At it's simplest it works like get_page_by_title but returns a post id (or 0 if not found) instead of the object (or null).
$post_id = post_exists( $my_title );if (!$post_id) { // code here}
Sorry for the late response. I used what Robot says in the comment and this solved my problem. Thanks
$post_if = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT count(post_title) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title like '$title_from_soap'");if($post_if < 1){ //code here}