Title: Problem with if/else
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Problem with if/else

 *  [dbasulto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbasulto/)
 * (@dbasulto)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-ifelse/)
 * I’ve removed articles from certain categories using the following code on my 
   index.php:
    ` <?php if ( !(in_category('67') || in_category('37') || in_category('
   45') || in_category('47') || in_category('48') || in_category('39') || in_category('
   40') || in_category('41') || in_category('49') || in_category('50') || in_category('
   51') || in_category('52') || in_category('53') || in_category('54') || in_category('
   55') || in_category('56') || in_category('57') || in_category('58') || in_category('
   59') || in_category('60') || in_category('61') || in_category('62') || in_category('
   63') || in_category('64') || in_category('65') || in_category('66') && is_home())){?
   >
 * It works fine to exclude all those categories.
    Too actually see the categories,
   i use category-XX.php templates, with a regular loop, which also works fine.
 * The problem comes when i use if/else statements in my sidebar.php, to display
   subcategories of only the categories being used in category-XX.php templates.
 * I have one sidebar.php and i use the following code:
 * `
    <?php if (in_category('37') ) { ?> <h2><?php _e('Categories'); ?></h2> <?php
   wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=1&use_desc_for_title=0&child_of=37&
   hide_empty=0'); ?>
 * <?php } else { ?>
 * <?php if (in_category('49') ) { ?>
 *  <h2><?php _e('Categories'); ?></h2>
    <?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount
   =1&use_desc_for_title=0&child_of=49&hierarchical=1&hide_empty=0'); ?>
 * <?php } else { ?> 
    …………………… and so on until the final else, having all the categories(
   which would be any page that is not into one of the previous categories)
 * `
    <?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=1&use_desc_for_title=0&hide_empty
   =1&exclude=37, 47, 48, 45, 39, 40, 41, 49, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 62, 64,
   65, 66, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 67, 2'); ?>
 * The thing is, that when i randomly load my index.php, i get different “if” chosen.
   sometimes it picks the one i wrote for category 37, sometimes 49…
    and when i
   look at category-xx.php templates (actually, i use the category_name.php for 
   them) it uses the incorrect category for the IF…
 * how can i fix or debug this? is there any way i can output the categories being
   used in the current enviroment?

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-ifelse/)
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