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1. eggnog
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Hi,

   I have a problem that I haven't been able to wrap my head around yet. In a nutshell, I have a loop with a div wrapper (.partnersBlock) and title (Researchers) that come before the loop itself. What I need to do is set it up so that the div and title don't appear until a post has been added to that particular loop. This would be set up with conditionals, I just can't figure out how exactly to write it. Here is my current code:

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   
   <?php query_posts('category_name=researchers&showposts=50&order=ASC'); ?>
   
           <div class="partnersBlock"><!--this should only appear if there are posts below-->
           <h2>Researchers</h2><!--this should only appear if there are posts below--> 
   
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   	<div class="largeProfile">
   	<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   	<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
   	<?php the_content(); ?>
   	</div>
   	</div>
   <?php endwhile; else: ?>
   
   	<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
   
           </div><!--this should only appear if there are posts above--> 
   
   <?php endif; ?>

   I'm building the functionality so the user can add posts when they're ready, but until that point no code is activated. As it stands this is printed:

   <div class="partnersBlock">
   <h2>Researchers</h2>
   </div>

   Any help is appreciated.

2. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Try this

   <?php $div_printed = false; ?>
   
   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   	<?php query_posts('category_name=researchers&showposts=50&order=ASC'); ?>
   	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   		if (!$div_printed) { ?>
                 <div class="partnersBlock">
   	      <h2>Researchers</h2>
   	      <?php $div_printed = true;
   		} ?>
   		<div class="largeProfile">
   			<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   				<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
   				<?php the_content(); ?>
   			</div>
   		</div>
   	<?php endwhile; else: ?>
   		<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
   <?php endif; ?>
   <?php if ($div_printed) { ?>
             </div>
   <?php } ?>

3. t31os_
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Shouldn't query_posts come before if have posts?

   Maybe?...
   

   <?php query_posts('category_name=researchers&showposts=50&order=ASC'); ?>
   
   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   
   	<div class="partnersBlock">
   		<h2>Researchers</h2>
   
   		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   			<div class="largeProfile">
   				<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   					<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
   					<?php the_content(); ?>
   				</div>
   			</div>
   		<?php endwhile; ?>
   
   	</div>
   
   <?php else: ?>
   
   	<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
   
   <?php endif; ?>

4. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   Oh, yes, that is correct about query posts before have posts. I forgot to move that in my code.

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