Simple if…else statement not working (executes both blocks of code)

  • Resolved tudorc11

    (@tudorc11)


    13 years ago

    I want to use the following code to display some text at the top of each category page. But, for some reasons, both echo statements are executed. I am new with PHP, it may be something very simple..

    <h3>
     <?php
	$catTitle=single_cat_title();
	if($catTitle == "Alinuta") echo $catTitle;
	else echo "Banc fara Alinuta";
     ?>
</h3>
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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    13 years ago

    explanation: not both echo statements are executed, as you could easily see if you would echo any other text.
    the first output comes from single_cat_title() directly (the one before the if) and the second comes from the else because your if statement is not true ($catTitle is empty).

    to use the cat title in a conditional statement (i.e. as a string) you have to use:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/single_cat_title

    <h3>
     <?php
	$catTitle=single_cat_title('', false);
	if($catTitle == "Alinuta") echo $catTitle;
	else echo "Banc fara Alinuta";
     ?>
</h3>
    Thread Starter tudorc11

    (@tudorc11)

    13 years ago

    It works. Thanks a lot!

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