//misha load more AJAX scripts
function page_post_var() {
    // default posts = 2;
    $postval = 2;
	// get value of page currently on for retreiving correct posts
	if (is_page('other-news')):
		$postval = 3;
	elseif (is_page('press-news')):
		$postval = 4;
	endif;

    return $postval;

}


function misha_my_load_more_scripts() {
	$a = page_post_var();

	//global $wp_query;
	$the_query = new WP_Query(array( 'cat' => $a ));

	// register our main script but do not enqueue it yet
	wp_register_script( 'my_loadmore', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/myloadmore.js', array('jquery') );

	// now the most interesting part
	// we have to pass parameters to myloadmore.js script but we can get the parameters values only in PHP
	// you can define variables directly in your HTML but I decided that the most proper way is wp_localize_script()
	wp_localize_script( 'my_loadmore', 'misha_loadmore_params', array(
		'ajaxurl' => site_url() . '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', // WordPress AJAX
		'posts' => json_encode( $wp_query->query_vars ), // everything about your loop is here
		'current_page' => $the_query->get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? $the_query->get_query_var('paged') : 1,
		'max_page' => $the_query->max_num_pages
	) );

 	wp_enqueue_script( 'my_loadmore' );
}

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'misha_my_load_more_scripts' );

function misha_loadmore_ajax_handler(){
	// prepare our arguments for the query
	$args = json_decode( stripslashes( $_POST['query'] ), true );
	$args['cat'] = 2;
	$args['paged'] = $_POST['page'] + 1; // we need next page to be loaded
	$args['post_status'] = 'publish';

	// it is always better to use WP_Query but not here
	query_posts( $args );

	if( have_posts() ) :

		// run the loop
		while( have_posts() ): the_post();
			get_template_part( 'partials/latest-news-article', get_post_format() );

		endwhile;

	endif;
	die;
}


add_action('wp_ajax_loadmore', 'misha_loadmore_ajax_handler'); // wp_ajax_{action}
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_loadmore', 'misha_loadmore_ajax_handler'); // wp_ajax_nopriv_{action}