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1. mfshearer72
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi,

   I need to have dependent sidebars per group of posts. I.E. I have posts 21-40 that need one sidebar and 41-60 that need another. The best way I've figured out to do this is by this code example:

   if (is_single(27))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(28))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(29))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(30))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(38))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(39))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(40))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(41))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(42))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(43))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(44))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(45))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(46))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(47))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(48))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   else ; ?>

   But multiple that by 5 times the number of posts and it is way to much processing. Also, should I add breaks between each of these?

   If you can let me know your recommendations for optimizing this kind of code.

   Kindly,
   Michael

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Reading the Docs always helps:
   Conditional_Tags#A_Single_Post_Page

3. mfshearer72
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   No offense but reading my full post might help, too. If you had, you'd see I already apply conditional tags using is_single.

   What I wanted to know was is there a more efficient way instead of writing hundreds of elseif statements...e.g. grouping posts. What would be ideal if I could write is_single(1,2,3,4,5)...

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   And that's exactly what the LAST example shows you how to do it with "array".
   I do take offense when people don't read it...

5. mfshearer72
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thank you and I apologize sincerely for missing the part you were referencing to.

6. mfshearer72
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   And for future reference to people reading this post, that long string of code I posted above is now easily translated into this:

   <?php
   if (is_single(array(27,28,29,30,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48)))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/rookiebottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(array(49,50,51,52,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62)))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/veteranbottombar.php");}
   elseif (is_single(array(63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73)))
   {include(TEMPLATEPATH."/allstarbottombar.php");}
   else ; ?>

7. moshu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thank you for posting the final solution!

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