in_category(array) problem…plz help

You code looks alright making me think that $include_category isn’t what you think, so add this at the top of your script there:

echo "<pre>"; print_r($include_category); echo "</pre>";

Thanks for the reply i checked using your code to display the result and the values from database were returned – 5,6

One more thing i have to use the following code also to get the values

<?php
global $options;
foreach ($options as $value) {
if (get_settings( $value[‘id’] ) === FALSE) { $$value[‘id’] = $value[‘default’]; } else { $$value[‘id’] = get_settings( $value[‘id’] ); } }
?>

This is the total code..

<?php
    global $options;
    foreach ($options as $value) {
    if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['default']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); } }
    ?>
    <?php get_header(); ?>
    <div id="container">
    <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
    <div id="content">
    <div class="content-top"></div>
    <div class="content-middle">
    <?php echo "<pre>"; print_r($include_category); echo "</pre>";
    $cat_include = array($include_category);
    if (in_category($cat_include)) { ?>
    <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/new-page.php'); ?>
    <?php } else { echo 'nothing' ; }?>

    </div><!-- content_middle closed -->
    <div class="content-bottom"></div>
    <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
    <div id="comments_wrap">
    <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
    </div>
    <?php endif; ?>
    </div><!-- content closed-->

    </div><!-- container closed-->
    <?php get_footer(); ?>

The results are there when typing

<?php echo "<pre>"; print_r($include_category); echo "</pre>"; ?>

Just try

if (in_category($include_category)) { ?>

tried both with array

if (in_category(array($include_category))) { ?>

and without array

if (in_category($include_category)) { ?>

But still it passes to else command

Maybe this:

in_category should be used in The Loop.

is_category is useful for archive or category template.

but i tried to enter id of one category in database . then the code works fine and includes the new page. the id’s are separated with ‘,’i.e 5,6
This works fine with

query_posts(“showposts=8&cat=$include_category”

Use is_category

is_category doesn’t display anything…..

the only problem is

retrieving value from database for in_category(array)

. There must be a way to sort it out.

Not understanding your problem so will add this as an example for you to consider:

<?php
//If in a category archive, get the 'queried category' and display category name/description
if ( is_category() ) {
$cat = get_query_var('cat');
$category=get_category($cat);
echo '<p>Category Title/Name: '. $category->name . '</p>';  //single_cat_title() will also work for this
echo '<p>Category Description: '. $category->description . '</p>';
}
?>

Maybe someone else can see the problem…

My Problem is that i want to retrieve values of category id from database for in_category(array). the following works fine.

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php $cat = array(5,6);
if ( in_category($cat) ) { ?>
its working
<?php } else { ?>
its not working
<?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

I just want to replace

<?php $cat = array(5,6);

with the variable holding value from database

<?php $cat = array($include_cat);

Hope this clears everything

Okay I put a record in wp_options table with the option_value of 5,6

$cats_to_include = explode(',',get_option('cats_to_include'));
if ( is_category($cats_to_include) ) {
echo 'this is category 5 or 6';
}

Thanks MichaelH.
That was a great help.
You Rock man ….