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PHP If Statement

Hi,

I wanted to drop in a simple PHP if statement to check if a region had content or not and then if so, to output the HTML, however it's only outputting the contents of the region and none of the HTML. Can you help?!

<?php if(perch_content('H2')!='') : ?>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-sm-12">
                    <h2 class="title-lg"><span><?php perch_content('H2') ?></span></h2>
                </div>
            </div> <!-- / .row -->
            <?php endif; ?>

Robin Waite 0 points

6 years ago

Robert Ketter 103 points

6 years ago

Robin Waite said:

Hi,

I wanted to drop in a simple PHP if statement to check if a region had content or not and then if so, to output the HTML, however it's only outputting the contents of the region and none of the HTML. Can you help?!
<?php if(perch_content('H2')!='') : ?>
          <div class="row">
              <div class="col-sm-12">
                  <h2 class="title-lg"><span><?php perch_content('H2') ?></span></h2>
              </div>
          </div> 
          <?php endif; ?>

Try

<?php if(perch_content('H2', true)!='') : ?>

Robin Waite 0 points

6 years ago

Great, worked a treat Robert, thank you!

Robert Ketter 103 points

6 years ago

perch_content('region'); // echoes

perch_content('region', true); // returns

Robin Waite 0 points

6 years ago

Sorry, I was too quick, it's just spitting everything out now, regardless of whether perch_content('H2', true) is actually true or not. Any further suggestions are welcome.

Robert Ketter 103 points

6 years ago

Why not do this in the template?

https://docs.grabaperch.com/docs/templates/conditionals/if/

Robin Waite 0 points

6 years ago

<?php if(perch_content('H2',true)) : ?>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-sm-12">
                    <h2 class="title-lg"><span><?php perch_content('H2') ?></span></h2>
                </div>
            </div> <!-- / .row -->
            <?php endif; ?>

is returning:

<div class="col-sm-12">
                    <h2 class="title-lg"><span><!-- Undefined content: H2 --></span></h2>
                </div>

Robert Ketter 103 points

6 years ago

Have you added data to the region named "h2".

Robin Waite 0 points

6 years ago

Hi Robert, you've hit the nail on the head. The region didn't actually exist within the content therefore the conditional statement was irrelevant. I went in and saved the region with null content and it's working as expected now. So

<?php if(perch_content('H2',true)) : ?>

Is the correct conditional for what I wanted it to do. I did think about moving it into a template and using the alternative method you mentioned...that's a learning curve for another day!

Robert Ketter 103 points

6 years ago

Great, glad it's all working now. I'm headed off the grid now. Lol. :)