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1. rcwatson
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   How do I detect the page ID value of the currently loaded page?

   I'd like to use the switch/case statement block to choose a sidebar (in sidebar.php) based on which page is currently loaded.

   In pseudocode, here's what I'd like to do as a set of switch/case statements, but I don't know if WordPress supports telling me what the current page ID is so I can pass it to switch.

   SWITCH (the current page id)
   in CASE the current page id is 123
   Use dynamic sidebar named 'about-us-widget-area'
   in CASE the current page is 234
   Use dynamic sidebar named 'press-widget-area'
   in CASE the current page is 345
   Use dynamic sidebar named 'careers-widget-area'
   etc.etc.etc.
   Otherwise
   Use dynamic sidebar named 'primary-widget-area'

   Thanks.

2. rcwatson
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Never mind. I figured it out after finally finding this post.

   Here's what I did (currently just one case statement, but going to grow)
   

   $postid = get_the_ID();
   	$sidebar = '';
   	switch ($postid) {
   		case 55:
   			//$sidebar = 'custom-widget-area';
   			if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'custom-widget-area' ) ) :
   			endif;
   		break;
   		default:
   			//$sidebar = 'primary-widget-area';
   			if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( 'primary-widget-area' ) ) :
   			endif;
   	}

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