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1. ThreeVisual
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm not too good with PHP... can someone please tell me what I've done wrong with the following as it's returning an error to me and I can't figure it out....

   <?php if (in_category('8')) {echo '<strong>Select your rating:</strong> <?php if(function_exists('the_ratings')) { the_ratings(); }?> ';} ?>

   Thanks

   Edit: the error being returned is:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/wired/public_html/wp-content/themes/wired/comments.php on line 90

2. Evita
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I think you are missing the second part:
   if in category 8 - do something
   else - do somehting other or nothing

   Read about the usage of Conditional Tags on WordPress codex.

3. ThreeVisual
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   thanks evita... although i'm still a little confused on how to add the else tag, it's still throwing the error at me. I really should try and learn the basics of PHP.

4. Evita
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Maybe this will help you:

   <?php if ( in_category(xx) ) { ?>
   DO SOMETHING
   <?php } else { ?>
   DO SOMETHING OTHER OR LEAVE IT BLANK
   <?php } ?>

5. ThreeVisual
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   excellent! thank you!
   I think I have it now, have no idea what I was doing before but it wasn't working.

6. ThreeVisual
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Is there anyway to modify this so its if in SUB category of x?

7. ThreeVisual
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   OK, I've had a look around and found that in_category doesn't pick up sub-categories so you have to list them manually. For anyone else trying to do something similar here's how you do it:

   <?php if ( in_category(2) || in_category (2) || in_category (3) || in_category (4) ) { ?>
   Content
   <?php } else { ?>
   Content
   <?php } ?>

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