php conditional statements

**firago** · 01-30-2005, 12:37 PM

I am using an embeded php function (cutenews infact) with a conditional statement to change some variables, and i was wondering if you saw anything wrong with my script. I am trying to make it so category 2 has the template photos and category 3 has the template footage.

PHP Code:


			
<?PHP

$category = "2,3";

if ($category==2)

($template= "photos");

else 

($template= "footage");



$number = "6";

include("cutenews/show_news.php");

?>

I already tried to get an answer to this in the cutenews forums (cutephp.com) but it didnt work out, and yall seem to know much more about php.

**Logical Program** · 01-30-2005, 01:11 PM

Hrmm... I'm not sure about the variable $category = "2,3", but you have the structure for the conditional statement wrong, and the comparison must be quoted unless it's another variable...

PHP Code:


			
<?PHP



$category = "2,3"; 

if ($category == '2'){ 

    $template= "photos"; 

} else { 

    $template= "footage"; 

}



$number = "6"; 

include("cutenews/show_news.php"); 



?>

**ACJavascript** · 01-30-2005, 02:52 PM

Hey,

Well Logical is right, since $catagory is holding "2,3" as text you need to check it as a text variable.

But the check is wrong becuase $catagory equals "2,3"

So you have it like this:
if($catagory=="2"){ //But $catagory equals "2,3"

So this is what I suggest doing.

PHP Code:


			


$catagory="2,3";



$new_cat=explode(",",$catagory);

foreach($new_cat AS $cat_id){

if($cat_id=="1"){

   $template= "photos"; 

}else{

  $template="footage";

}

}





$number = "6"; 

include("cutenews/show_news.php"); 



?>

I havn't tested the above script so heres hoping it works

**firago** · 01-30-2005, 07:30 PM

i get one of these messages when i do that.

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/canssite/public_html/cpskate/index.php on line 104

**firago** · 07:39 PM

Logical program, your script works, except that category 2 has the template footage. category 3 also has the template footage.

**ACJavascript** · 01-30-2005, 07:33 PM

104. Could you please post the whole code.

**firago** · 01-30-2005, 07:41 PM

here is the whole code using logical program's code

PHP Code:


			
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 

     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />

<title>CPSkate</title>

<style type="text/css">

<!--



.news {

    font-family: Arial;

    font-size: 12px;

    font-color: #000000;

}



a {    

    font-color: #000000;

    text-decoration: none;

}



-->

</style>

</head>



<body bgcolor="FFFFFF">



<div align="center"><img src="images/cpskate_header.gif" alt="CPSkate" width="776" height="49" /></div>



<table width="776" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#999999" style="border-left: 2px solid #000000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000000; border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000;">

      <tr>      

        <td bgcolor="#999999"><img src="images/side_spacer.gif" alt="" width="15" height="5" /></td>        

        <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/news_header.gif" alt="" width="360" height="19" border="0" usemap="#Map1" /></td>



        <td bgcolor="#999999"><img src="images/center_spacer.gif" alt="" width="22" height="5" /></td>

        <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><img src="images/media_header.gif" alt="" width="360" height="19" border="0" usemap="#Map2" /></td>

        <td bgcolor="#999999"><img src="images/side_spacer.gif" alt="" width="15" height="5" /></td>

      </tr>

      

      <tr>

        <td bgcolor="#999999"></td>

        

        <td valign="top" bgcolor="999999" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">

        <table bgcolor="FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="360" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000;">

          <tr>



            <td>

        <img src="images/white_horiz_break.gif" alt="" width="358" height="10" /><br />

<?PHP

$category = "5";

$number = "6";

include("cutenews/show_news.php");

?>

        </td>

          </tr>

        </table>

                        

        <td bgcolor="#999999"></td>

        

        <td valign="top" bgcolor="999999" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">

        <table bgcolor="FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="360" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000;">

          <tr>

            <td>

        <img src="images/white_horiz_break.gif" alt="" width="358" height="10" /><br />

<?PHP



$category = "2,3";

if ($category == '2'){

    $template= "photos";

} else {

    $template= "footage";

}



$number = "6";

include("cutenews/show_news.php");



?> 

        </td>

          </tr>

        </table>

                

        <td bgcolor="#999999"></td>    

      </tr>

      

      <tr>      

        <td bgcolor="#999999"></td>        

        <td bgcolor="#999999"><img src="images/bottom_spacer.gif" alt="" width="360" height="6" border="0" /></td>

        <td bgcolor="#999999"></td>

        <td bgcolor="#999999"><img src="images/bottom_spacer.gif" alt="" width="360" height="6" border="0" /></td>

        <td bgcolor="#999999"></td>



      </tr>

</table>

<br /> 



<map name="Map1" id="Map1">

  <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,19,10" href="allnews.php" />

</map>

<map name="Map2" id="Map2">

  <area shape="rect" coords="341,0,360,10" href="http://cpskate.canssite.com" />

  <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,37,10" href="http://cpskate.canssite.com/allmedia.php" />

</map>

</body>

</html>

The second php script is the one that is acting up.

**Logical Program** · 08:23 PM

Could you provide a more in-depth detail if what you're trying to do?

If blah, then have footage, etc... That would help a bit more.

**firago** · 01-30-2005, 10:17 PM

I am using cutenews (a php aplication) and the template for the posts with the category of 2 should be photos. And the template for the posts with the category 3 should be photo.

Is that better?

**Logical Program** · 01-30-2005, 10:30 PM

From what I understand, this should be the solution.

if ($category == '2'){
$template= "photos";
} elseif ($category == '3') {
$template= "footage";
} else {}

**firago** · 01-31-2005, 12:10 AM

nice try but no cigar. now all of the posts are the default

**Logical Program** · 01-31-2005, 12:26 AM

The phrase 'From what I understand..." means confusion. (need clarification) *cough*

**ACJavascript** · 01-31-2005, 08:16 AM

I noticed in your "full" script that $catagory is called twice.

The second time, it has a value of 2,3.

What does that mean?

Does that mean show template 2 (photos) then show 3?
Or only show 2 and not 3?
Or only show 3 and not 2?

Trying to just clarify everything

**firago** · 01-31-2005, 06:57 PM

This what i have currently marked with a number on the coralating description of what each function is supposed to do

<?PHP

$category = "2,3"; <<1.>>

if ($category == '2'){ <<2.>>
$template= "photos";
} else {
$template= "footage";
}

$number = "6"; <<3.>>

include("cutenews/show_news.php"); <<4.>>

?>

<<1.>> This tells it which categories to include
<<2.>> This tells it to use template photos on the posts marked with the category 2 and use template footage on the posts marked with the category 3
<<3.>> This tells it the number of posts to include
<<4.>> This tells it where the actuall raw newsfeed is

I hope that helps

**madness** · 01-31-2005, 07:05 PM

Hi,

u can link to this page for example ((demo.php?category=2))

and place the code

<?PHP
if ($category=2){
($template= "photos");
}else{
($template= "footage");

$number = "6";
include("cutenews/show_news.php");
?>

**firago** · 01-31-2005, 07:32 PM

i got a
"Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/canssite/public_html/cpskate/media.php on line 99"

**firago** · 01-31-2005, 08:08 PM

the url of the page is http://cpskate.canssite.com/media.php