marktj

I ended up having to go about this another (better) way.

In functions.php:

function F_custom_fields($need)
{
        // The Loop all on one line
    if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); endwhile; endif;
        // Get all of the custom items from the wp_postmeta table for this post/page
    $custom_fields = get_post_custom();
        // Return the needed custom item, if it exists
    if ($need == 'page_icon')
    {
        $page_icon = $custom_fields['eva_page_icon'][0];
        if (!empty($page_icon))
        {
            return $page_icon;
        }
        else
        {
            return FALSE;
        }
    }
    else if ($need == 'div_id')
    {
        $div_id = $custom_fields['eva_div_id'][0];
        if (!empty($div_id))
        {
            return $div_id;
        }
        else
        {
            return FALSE;
        }
    }
}

In header.php:

$begin_div_id = F_custom_fields('div_id');
if ($begin_div_id)
{
    echo '<div id="'.$begin_div_id.'">'."\n";
}

And in footer.php (to close the div tag started in header.php:

$end_div_id = F_custom_fields('div_id');
if ($end_div_id)
{
    echo '</div>';
}