Create an if loop in archive.php

  • Hi!

    I have found a plugin called Category show that I would like to implement in my archive.php page.

    When clicking an archive link in my menu I would like to generate the code for my plugin.

    I guess it’s best to add an if-loop to my archive.php page.

    I want something like this:

    If category = 9 then

    My code here for category 9

    elseif category = 212 then

    My code here for category 212

    else

    The usual code that is in archive.php

    end if

    The code in archive.php looks like this:

    <?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">

	<div id="column">

	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
	<div class="post_header">
	<?php $post = $posts[0]; // Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works. ?>
	<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { ?>
	<h1>Arkivet f?r kategorin ‘<?php single_cat_title(); ?>’</h1>
	<?php /* If this is a tag archive */ } elseif( is_tag() ) { ?>
	<h1>Inl?gg taggade med ‘<?php single_tag_title(); ?>’</h1>
	<?php /* If this is a daily archive */ } elseif (is_day()) { ?>
	<h1>Arkivet f?r <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></h1>
	<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
	<h1>Arkivet f?r <?php the_time('F, Y'); ?></h1>
	<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_year()) { ?>
	<h1>Arkivet f?r <?php the_time('Y'); ?></h1>
	<?php /* If this is an author archive */ } elseif (is_author()) { ?>
	<h1>F?rfattararkiv</h1>
	<?php /* If this is a paged archive */ } elseif (isset($_GET['paged']) && !empty($_GET['paged'])) { ?>
	<h1>Arkiv</h1>
	<?php } ?>
	</div>

	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<div class="post">
		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
		<div class="postinfo">
		<div class="info">Skrivet av <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> on <?php the_time('j F, Y'); ?></div>
		<div class="commentnum"><?php comments_popup_link('Inga kommentarer ?n', '1 kommentar', '% kommentarer'); ?></div><div class="clear"></div>
<?php if(function_exists('the_views')) { the_views(); } ?>
<?php if(function_exists('the_ratings')) { the_ratings(); } ?>
		</div>
		<div class="category">Inl?gget tillh?r kategori: [ <?php the_category(', '); ?> ]</div>
		<div class="entry">

		<?php the_excerpt(); ?><div class="clear"></div>
		<p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="more-link">L?s hela inl?gget...</a></p>

		</div>
		<?php the_tags('<div class="tags">Taggar: [ ', ', ', ' ]</div><div class="clear"></div>'); ?>
	</div>
	<?php endwhile; ?>

	<!-- Plugin Navigation -->
	<?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); } ?>
	<!-- End -->

	<?php else : ?>
	<div class="post">
	<h1>No posts were found.</h1>
	<p>Sorry! the page you are looking for does not exist.</p>
	<h3>Blog Search</h3>
	<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/searchform.php"); ?>
	</div>
	<?php endif; ?>

	</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<div class="clear"></div>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    Anybody able to help me out?

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  • To test if the archive being display is that of category 9 you would use is_category(9)

    To test if category 9 is assigned to a post you would use in_category(9).

    See Conditional Tags.

    <?php
if (is_category(9)) {
  echo 'this is a category 9 list of posts';
} else {
if (is_category(7)) {
  echo 'this is a category 7 list of posts';
} else {
  echo 'this is not a category 9 or 7 list of posts';
}
?>

    Thread Starter webkocken

    (@webkocken)

    Thanks for answering!

    I get this message when using your code:
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home/web79400l/domains/designadinblogg.se/public_html/wp-content/themes/true-elegance/archive.php on line 60

    … meaning what?

    Thread Starter webkocken

    (@webkocken)

    I got it working with this code:

    <?php
if (is_category(9)) {
    echo "Category 9";
} elseif (is_category(7)) {
    echo "Category 7";
} else {
    echo "Other stuff";
}
?>

    Hopefully I can get it all to work for me now.

    Thanks for the help!

    Thread Starter webkocken

    (@webkocken)

    Hm, I ran into a problem right away.

    The code that I use for the plugin [Category Show] is this:

    %%wpcs-9%%-date%%id%%

    But that wont work in the archive.php file.

    How can I make it work directly in my archive.php file?

    I tagged this thread with the ‘wp-catergory-show’ tag so the plugin author might see it.

    chackal_sjc

    (@chackal_sjc)

    Sorry for the delay.

    The code for the category show plugin only works on a page post.

    []’s

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