Custom Field – standard text instead when no content

  • Resolved apaimagixdk

    (@apaimagixdk)


    15 years ago

    I use this line to display a custom field (photograoher) on single.php…

    <?php $key="photographer"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?>

    Say the custom field “photographer” has not been added to a specific post. Is there anyway to just display a standard text then – “Not known” or something like that?

    Regards,
    Anders

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    15 years ago

    Something like:

    <?php
$key="photographer";
$custom=get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true);
if ($custom) {
echo $custom
} else {
echo 'Not known';
}
?>

    Thread Starter apaimagixdk

    (@apaimagixdk)

    15 years ago

    That returns an error… Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting ',' or ';' in /home...

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    15 years ago

    Oops, forgot a ;

    <?php
$key="photographer";
$custom=get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true);
if ($custom) {
echo $custom;
} else {
echo 'Not known';
}
?>
    Thread Starter apaimagixdk

    (@apaimagixdk)

    15 years ago

    Thanks a million!

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