Using the_author in an If Statement

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    (@mskopel)


    15 years, 8 months ago

    Hello,

    I am trying to set up an if statement at the bottom of single.php which says that if the author is “Barbara”, show the sidebar, otherwise show a different sidebar. The code is working but the_author is showing at the top of the either side bar. I am pretty sure this is to be expected but I am not sure how to get around it. Can someone offer an explanation as to why its happening and fix for this?

    Thanks.

    <?php
if (the_author()=="Barbara")
  get_sidebar();
else {
  include('sidebar-mentors.php'); ?>
<?php
 }
?>
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  • Hi

    use get_the_author instead of the_author. the_author displays on the screen. get_the_author puts the author’s name in a variable. Note it is the display name, so make sure Barbara’s display name is set to Barbara, to work with your example

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    Thread Starter nvw

    (@mskopel)

    I knew there had to be a proper way to do this. Thanks for your help.

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