Adding a conditional for a category description in a PHP file

I’m looking for help to add a conditional statement for a category description to the PHP file i’ve attached. Basically it’s one template that will be used for multiple categories and therefore will need multiple conditional statements for each category description. An example of a category name i will have is ‘Growing a Green Thumb’. If i knew what to put and where to insert it into the PHP file i’m sure i can figure out the additional statements for the other categories.

<?php
/*
* Template Name: Looks
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="site-section">
	<h2 class="section-title"><?php single_post_title(); ?></h2>
</div>

<div class="row">

	<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

		<?php
			$base_category  = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'looks_base_category', true );
			$posts_per_page = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'looks_posts_per_page', true );
			$layout         = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'looks_layout', true );

			$item_column_classes = '';
			$row_column_classes  = '';

			if( $layout == '3cols_full' ) {
				$row_column_classes  = 'col-md-12';
				$item_column_classes = 'col-md-4 col-sm-6';
			} else {
				$row_column_classes  = 'col-md-8';
				$item_column_classes = 'col-sm-6';
			}

			$args = array(
				'post_type' => 'post',
				'paged'     => ci_theme_get_page_var()
			);

			if ( $posts_per_page >= 1 ) {
				$args['posts_per_page'] = $posts_per_page;
			} elseif ( $posts_per_page <= - 1 ) {
				$args['posts_per_page'] = - 1;
			} else {
				$args['posts_per_page'] = get_option( 'posts_per_page' );
			}

			if ( ! empty( $base_category ) and $base_category >= 1 ) {
				$args['tax_query'] = array(
					array(
						'taxonomy'         => 'category',
						'field'            => 'term_id',
						'terms'            => intval( $base_category ),
						'include_children' => true
					)
				);
			}

			$q = new WP_Query( $args );
		?>

		<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $row_column_classes ); ?>">
			<main id="content" class="entries-looks">

				<div class="row">
					<?php while( $q->have_posts() ): $q->the_post(); ?>
						<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $item_column_classes ); ?>">
							<article id="look-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class( 'entry entry-look' ); ?>>
								<a>">
									<div class="entry-overlay">
										<div class="entry-wrap">
											<div class="entry-meta">
												<time class="entry-date" datetime="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( get_the_date() ); ?></time>
											</div>
											<h2 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
										</div>
									</div>
									<?php $secondary_image_id = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'secondary_featured_id', true ); ?>
									<?php if ( $secondary_image_id ): ?>
										<div class="entry-featured">
											<a>">
												<img />" alt="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"/>
											</a>
										</div>
									<?php elseif ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
										<div class="entry-featured">
											<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'ci_tall' ); ?>
										</div>
									<?php endif; ?>
								</a>
							</article>
						</div>
					<?php endwhile; ?>
					<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

				</div>

				<?php ci_theme_pagination( array(), $q ); ?>

			</main>
		</div>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php if( $layout != '3cols_full' ): ?>
		<div class="col-md-4">
			<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

• This topic was modified 7 years ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). Reason: fixed title, put backticks around code