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1. ronbme
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   How do I add a title to a text widget using php?

   I'm trying to add php code to a text widget so that the title will reflect what page I am on. I have php code for the content which works.

   The problem is that the code for the title in the text widget is stripped away when I save the sidebar.

2. kmessinger
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   AFAIK, php won't work in a text widget. html and java will.

3. ronbme
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It will if you have the Exec-PHP plugin installed.

   I've got the php code working in the content section of the text widget. I have another plugin, "Page Sidebars", which lets me add a sidebar for any page with content specific to that page.

   Then I just add the php code for the title and the php code for the content and it reads whatever I have typed specific for a certain page.

   The content part works fine but the title is being stripped. I think the title is being "sanitized" when I save the text widget, and that strips away my php code for the title.

   I need a way to save that php code for the title so it doesn't get stripped.

   I suppose I could also come up with something to eliminate the title from the text widget and then recreate the title in the content part.

4. kmessinger
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes, apparently your php does not work for titles.

   I didn't like the titles on my sidebar and I wanted them all to match so I did just what you are thinking about - made them part of the content. I know that is the lazy way out but it was all I could think of at the time.

5. ronbme
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks. Can you explain how you did yours?

6. kmessinger
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   BTW, not in my current blog but one I have stopped posting to . . .

   I used one text widget and put titles in like this <span class="newsheader2"><strong>From the video section</strong></span><br />
   then my java script or html
   then the next title, etc.

7. ronbme
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks.

   I'll have to play around with it. I am using the theme's title box and am having trouble getting the title inside of the box.

   But, I'm close to solving it.

   Thanks again.

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