Title: What is wrong with this php code
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# What is wrong with this php code

 *  Resolved [br0s98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/br0s98/)
 * (@br0s98)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-wrong-with-this-php-code/)
 * <?php
    global $test1; $test1 = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘test’, $single = true);
   if($test1 === yes ) { the_content(); } else { the_excerpt(); } ?>
 * please help rectify it …

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 *  Thread Starter [br0s98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/br0s98/)
 * (@br0s98)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-wrong-with-this-php-code/#post-1055933)
 * it only displays the_content but not the_excerpt
 *  Thread Starter [br0s98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/br0s98/)
 * (@br0s98)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-wrong-with-this-php-code/#post-1055983)
 * resolved. thanks anyway
 *  [garethooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garethooper/)
 * (@garethooper)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-wrong-with-this-php-code/#post-1056235)
 * Whats the resolution?
 * By providing the resolution, even if self resolved, can help others with the 
   same query.

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## Tags

 * [the_content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/the_content/)
 * [the_excerpt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/the_excerpt/)

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [garethooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garethooper/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-wrong-with-this-php-code/#post-1056235)
 * Status: resolved

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