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1. acornrevolution
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi everyone. I'm learning more and more PHP everyday, and every time I figure something out, something else doesn't work! Yay!

   Anyway, I am trying to display a welcome message on the front page (in my sidebar) and when on category pages, it is replaced by a listing of recent posts in that category. I got the category part working fine, but can't figure out how to get rid of the Welcome text on category pages.

   Here's my code:
   

   <?php if ( is_home() ); ?>
   <h2>Welcome</h2>
   <?php if ( is_category() ) { ?><h2>Recent Posts</h2>
   <?php
   foreach( ( get_the_category() ) as $category ) {
   $the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=' . $category->category_nicename . '&showposts=5');
   while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
   ?>
   
       <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <?php } ?>
   <?php } else { ?><?php } ?>

   I've tried different ways of ending the first if tag (after the H2 tags), but none work.

   Also, will the Welcome text stay on single post pages?

   THANKS A LOT!

2. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You have a syntax problem. This code:

   <?php if ( is_home() ); ?>
   <h2>Welcome</h2>

   in words would be: if is_home() do nothing, then output Welcome. The semicolon ends the if test. You could code it like this:

   <?php if ( is_home() ) { ?>
   <h2>Welcome</h2>
   <?php } ?>

   Also, if you have a static front page, is_home() will not work. Try this:
   <?php if ( is_front_page() ) echo '<h2>Welcome</h2>'; ?>

3. acornrevolution
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks. It works perfect! Is there a way to also code for a catchall, for pages, single posts, other archive pages, etc, so that another set of text shows up? I tried the following but it didn't work.

   <?php if else { ?>
   <h2>Test Text</h2>
   <?php } ?>

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 2 years ago #

   read about if/else:
   http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_if_else.asp

5. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try this:

   <?php if ( is_home() ) {
      echo '<h2>Welcome</h2>';
   } else {
      echo '<h2>Test Text</h2>';
   } ?>

   And do what alchymyth said!

6. acornrevolution
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks! I was trying to avoid echoing because the syntax is even more confusing to me. How would I echo in
   

   <?php
   foreach( ( get_the_category() ) as $category ) {
   $the_query = new WP_Query('category_name=' . $category->category_nicename . '&showposts=5');
   while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();
   ?>
   
       <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

   into

   <?php if ( is_home() ) {
      echo '<h2>Welcome</h2>';
   } else {
      echo '<h2>Test Text</h2>';
   } ?>

   ?

7. vtxyzzy
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   In your original post, you had these two lines at the top:

   <?php if ( is_home() ); ?>
   <h2>Welcome</h2>

   Just replace those two lines with:

   <?php if ( is_home() ) {
      echo '<h2>Welcome</h2>';
   } else {
      echo '<h2>Test Text</h2>';
   } ?>

   If that solves your problem, please mark this topic 'Resolved'.

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