PHP if exceptions?

[risingtalenttv]

Hi, I have a simple if elseif statement set up right now to change one of my sidebar items based on the presence of posts filed under a certain array of tags, but I dont want it to change the item on the homepage (which displays the two most recent posts...) So, I am wondering if there is any kind of exception rule I can give it so it knows not to apply on the front page? ...or is there a better way to change the sidebar item based on categories/tags? I use Wordpress CMS btw.

[boen_robot]

If you can set up a variable upon entering the home page, you can check for the presence of that variable.If you can't do that, you can simply see if $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] is the same as the one on your home page. I'm guessing that would mean "/", but if your "homepage" is actually at, say, "example.com/blog/", the home request URI will be "/blog".

[risingtalenttv]

If you can set up a variable upon entering the home page, you can check for the presence of that variable.If you can't do that, you can simply see if $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] is the same as the one on your home page. I'm guessing that would mean "/", but if your "homepage" is actually at, say, "example.com/blog/", the home request URI will be "/blog".

I dont quite follow you... I understand the idea behind what you mean. By associating a variable to the homepage I could use it in the current elseif statement, but what is the best way to go about doing that. I would consider myself a beginner - intermediate coder... so please dumb it down for me Thanks.

[boen_robot]

You can chain conditions in a single if() by using the "&&" (logical "and") operator. So, for example, in your home page, you may have, say:

$disableSidebar = true;

and in your actual condition for showing the sidebar, you can have

if ( (!isset($disableSidebar) || $disableSidebar !== true) && whatever_the_other_condition_is) {

Which says that if the variable is not present, or has a value different than true, proceed with the other check, and if all is true, display the sidebar.It's hard for me to be any more specific without any actual code.

[risingtalenttv]

Ok boen I gotcha now, but I still don't see how this can be used as an efficient solution because I can use that to tell it to display on the homepage (containing that variable) but how can I tell it to ONLY enable when the variable is NOT present? The only way I see that working is if I applied the variable to every page other than the homepage. Maybe im missing something.Here is the example of the code I'm using if this helps.Code for displaying side box 1:

<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if ( is_front_page() ) { 						} elseif ( is_page() ) {						} elseif ( is_404() ) {						} elseif ( is_tag(array(39,40,42,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57)) ) {						} elseif ( in_category(array(1,16,18,44,45)) ){ ?>

Code for displaying side box 2:

<?php if ( is_tag(array(25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,43)) ) {						} elseif ( in_category('17') ){ ?>

Whats displaying now: Either Box 1 or Box 2 are displaying on their respective pages, but Box 2 is displaying (because post 2 fits its criteria) on the homepage/index where I would like to see Box 1 permanently.

[risingtalenttv]

BUMP pls

[justsomeguy]

I'm not quite sure what you're doing with the elseifs, but it sounds like you just need to learn to use the logical operators. You could replace this, for example:

<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if ( is_front_page() ) { 						} elseif ( is_page() ) {						} elseif ( is_404() ) {						} elseif ( is_tag(array(39,40,42,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57)) ) {						} elseif ( in_category(array(1,16,18,44,45)) ){

with this:

if (!is_front_page() && !is_page() && !is_404() && !is_tag(array(39,40,42,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57)) && in_category(array(1,16,18,44,45))){}

[risingtalenttv]

YES! I finally found and learned what I was looking for! LOGICAL OPERATORS FTW! I knew there had to be a way to do like "and" "or" and "not"...I took all that overly complicated code and condensed it to:

<?php /* Display Top Rated Articles */ if (is_front_page() || !in_category('17')) { ?>

<?php /* Display Critiques and Reviews */ if (in_category('17') && !is_front_page()) { ?>

LOL. It works perfectly now. Thanks guys!

[Synook]

You can actually just write and, or, etc. - in PHP they are synonyms with the symbolic representations.

[risingtalenttv]

You can actually just write and, or, etc. - in PHP they are synonyms with the symbolic representations.

Ooh PHP is just the s#it isnt it.