the_post_thumbnail IF ELSE function issue

  • Resolved lschoen114

    (@lschoen114)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    Hello,

    I have the following code in my single.php file, which grabs the featured image and displays is as a background image for that post.

    <figure class="thumblucas"><?php the_post_thumbnail('slider-post-thumbnail'); ?></figure>

    I am trying to create an IF function that say, If there is a featured image, display that image using the code above. If there is not one, display a generic chosen image. I have found the following code which would work, but its not working with what I am trying to do.

    <?php
// Must be inside a loop.

if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
	<figure class="thumblucas"><?php the_post_thumbnail('slider-post-thumbnail'); ?></figure>;
}
else {
	echo '<img src="' . get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/images/thumbnail-default.jpg" />';
}
?>

    Is there any way to accomplish something like this?

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    but its not working with what I am trying to do

    what is the result?
    do you have the thumbnail-default.jpg image located in the /images folder of your theme?

    Thread Starter lschoen114

    (@lschoen114)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    The result is that is breaks the entire page.

    For some reason the if code “<figure class=”thumblucas”><?php the_post_thumbnail(‘slider-post-thumbnail’); ?></figure>” is not accepted when I try and do it.

    All that shows up is a white page.

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    you have missing php tags;

    try:

    <?php
// Must be inside a loop.

if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
	<figure class="thumblucas"><?php the_post_thumbnail('slider-post-thumbnail'); ?></figure>
<?php }
else {
	echo '<img src="' . get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/images/thumbnail-default.jpg" />';
}
?>
    Thread Starter lschoen114

    (@lschoen114)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    That worked!

    Thank you for spotting that for me!

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