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1. oldbag66
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hi, i want to add a message so if a catagory doesnt have any posts a message is display saying so, "sorry no posts".

   Im am using a list of conditional staments for a sidebar and would like to use it here:

   <ul class="rightcol">
   <?php global $post; $myposts = get_posts('numberposts=10&amp;category=18'); foreach($myposts as $post) :?>
   <li><span class="threecolsmall"><?php the_time('j M y') ?></span><br />
   <a href='<?php the_permalink() ?>'><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endforeach; ?>
   </ul>

   not sure how to add this into the PHP.

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hi
   try this code

   <ul class="rightcol">
   <?php
   $myposts = new WP_Query();
   $myposts->query('showposts=10&amp;cat=18');
   
   if ($myposts->post_count == 0) { ?>
      <li>sorry no posts</li>
   <?php } else {
     while ($myposts->have_posts()) : $myposts->the_post(); ?>
       <li><span class="threecolsmall"><?php the_time('j M y') ?></span><br />
       <a href='<?php the_permalink() ?>'><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
     <?php endwhile;
   } ?>
   </ul>

3. oldbag66
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   perfect, thankyou.

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