[Plugin: Widget Logic] Create a function to use in widget logic using string

  • Agnes

    (@agneslesagegmailcom)


    13 years, 11 months ago

    I am aiming to check if my search is for a certain custom post type (objects) or not, and dsiplay a different search template – but alss different widgets.
    I check like this for the template:

    <?php
// Checks on the search string, and then sends to either all or object search
$is_post_type = $_GET['post_type'];
	if ('objects' == $is_post_type )
		include( 'search-objects.php');
	else
		include( 'search-all.php');
?>

    Now for widget logic to be able to display the right widget, I try create a function in functions.php:

    function is_objects_search()
{
$is_objects_search = $_GET['post_type'];
	if ('objects' == $is_post_type )
		return true;
	else
		return false;
}

    But when I put is_objects_search() in widget logic, it does not display 🙁

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic/

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  • alanft

    (@alanft)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    to use functions.php functions you need to be sure to set the “Load logic” setting to at least the “after the theme loads” setting

    See http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic/installation/

    That’s not a guaranteed fix, but without doing that your widget logic might throw errors where you don’t expect it.

    Thread Starter Agnes

    (@agneslesagegmailcom)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Alan, thanks for the insight! I updated the plugin to do that… but it does not help unfortunately.
    I guess the problem is rather in the way I edited and call the function..?

    alanft

    (@alanft)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    yeah, your function does this

    $is_objects_search = $_GET[‘post_type’];

    but then tests this

    if (‘objects’ == $is_post_type )

    and $is_post_type hasn’t been defined in the function

    Thread Starter Agnes

    (@agneslesagegmailcom)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Right, but in fact this is because I copied the function wrong after I tried several thgings.

    The function was (and that still does not work):

    function is_objects_search()
{
$is_objects_search = $_GET['post_type'];
	if ('objects' == $is_object_search )
		return true;
	else
		return false;
}

    Thanks for trying to help, I appreciate 🙂

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