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1. malawimama
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm having trouble creating 2 custom fields. I tried looking at get_post_custom() but I got in way over my head, because it was breaking the code somehow.

   What I need is to add a Publication date and the publication name (like a magazine for instance) so it looks like this:

   Published: 03/12/2010 in Suchandsuch Magazine

   The code I have currently works, but it shows the "Published:" and "in" text even if there's no custom field added, so I need to figure out how to hide that text if there is no custom fields added.

   Here's my current code.

   Functions.php file:

   function get_custom_field_value($szKey, $bPrint = false) {
   	global $post;
   	$szValue = get_post_meta($post->ID, $szKey, true);
   	if ( $bPrint == false ) return $szValue; else echo $szValue;
   }

   In the loop:

   <?php if ( function_exists('get_custom_field_value') ){
           echo 'Original Publication: ';
           get_custom_field_value('publication_date', true);
   } ?> <?php if ( function_exists('get_custom_field_value') ){
           echo 'in ';
           get_custom_field_value('publication', true);
   } ?>

   Does anyone know how to hide the echo text if there's no custom fields there?

   Thanks!~

2. malawimama
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Actually, that code above is not working properly :(

   I saw a post with a link to a PDF file and the text after it was gone, and the link text itself was replaced with "Original Publication" ...
   Weird, I know. And the link was in the wysiwyg, not in a custom field.

   So back to square one...

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