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1. do77
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I want to style single posts of category 1 different than those of category 2. In the function reference I read that this can be achieved with in_category() so I added the tag to my single.php file within the loop. However, now it says I have an unexpected error '<' on line 36.

   Here is my code:

   <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   
   <?php if ( in_category( 'news' )) {
   
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
   <div class="single"><?php the_content(__('Read more', ''));?></div>
   
   } else {
   
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
   <div>A lot of code including custom fields and an if statement if a user is logged in etc. </div>
   
   }
   ?>

   Any idea what I am doing wrong? Would appreciate your help!

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   make sure to close and open your php tags anytime the code switches to and from html code:

   <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   
   <?php if ( in_category( 'news' )) { ?>
   
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
   <div class="single"><?php the_content(__('Read more', ''));?></div>
   
   <?php } else { ?>
   
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
   <div>A lot of code including custom fields and an if statement if a user is logged in etc. </div>
   
   <?php }
   ?>

3. do77
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That was it! Thank you so much alchymyth!

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