Minimal index.php; Is the code solid?

Is minimal faster?

I made a few changes is it safe? Do I need more “end if”s?

<?php  get_header(); ?>
<?php if (is_single() || is_category() || is_archive()) {get_sidebar();} ?>
 <div id="content">
	<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
	<?php if (!is_page()) { ?>

	<h2><?php if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" ><?php } the_title(); if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?></a> <?php } ?></h2>

	<?php } ?><?php if(is_category() || is_archive()) { the_excerpt(); } else { the_content(); } ?><?php endwhile; ?>
	<?php posts_nav_link(' - ','? Prev','Next ?') ?>
	<?php if (is_single()) {comments_template();} ?>
	  <?php else : ?>Nothing Here<?php endif; ?>
 </div>
<?php   get_footer(); ?>

will this work?

Stop bumping.

If it works, it works. I don’t know if it’d be significantly faster. You’d have to run some tests.

[Moronic expletive deleted]

I would like to do something like that.

It only calls comment.php if it is a single post? Tom can you comment the code for me? Can I use it?

Sure Sharolyn start saving your money it aint gonna be cheap. Here’s the code. I guess I’m the php expert around here.

<?php  get_header(); ?>// Call the header.php
<?php if (is_single() || is_category() || is_archive()) {get_sidebar();} ?>// Call the sidebar if its not a page

 <div id="content">
	<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>// The print post loop
	<?php if (!is_page()) { ?>// Pages jump out of the loop here 

	<h2> <?php if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" > <?php } the_title(); if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?> <?php } ?></h2>//  List post title links

	<?php } ?><?php if(is_category() || is_archive()) { the_excerpt(); } else { the_content(); } ?>// List the excerpts or full content for posts
	<?php endwhile; ?>// end of loop
	<?php posts_nav_link(' - ','« Prev','Next »') ?> // Prev Next post page links
	<?php if (is_single()) {comments_template();} ?> // Call comments.php if it is a post
	  <?php else : ?>Nothing Here<?php endif; ?> // bad url
 </div><--End content div-->
<?php   get_footer(); ?>// Call the footer.php

you can save a few bits:

if (is_single() || is_category() || is_archive())

category is always archive, so this does the same:

if (is_single() || is_archive())

same here: if(is_category() || is_archive())
simplifies to: if(is_archive())

—
the <a tag needs closing:

<h2> <?php if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" > <?php } the_title(); if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) { ?></a> <?php } ?></h2>//  List post title links

instead of if( !is_single() AND !is_page() ) you could try the if( !is_singular() ) conditional tag in the above.

Thanks alchymyth it works perfect after I fixed my comments. Here it is

Pages don’t jump out of the loop where I have them marked, do they?

if your code exeeds 10 lines, please paste the code into a https://pastebin.com/ and post the link to it here.
a:
makes it easier to follow the thread;
b:
adds line numbers, keeps the formatting, adds syntax highlighting (if ticked properly at the bottom before submitting the pastebin), makes replying with additions/changes easy, …

as far as i could follow your code, pages would just jump the h2 title, and are back at the beginning of this line: <?php } ?><?php if(is_category() || is_archive()) { the_excerpt ...

Thanks again alchmyth that helps. Here it is in the paste bin
index.php

So if its a page this <?php if (!is_page()) { ?>
jumps to this curly bracket? <?php } ?>

So if its a page this jumps to this curly bracket?

yes

it is quite diffficult to think ahead for every possible situation – that is where testing and debugging comes in.

for instance, looking at your template again, it might be useful to rewrite this line:
<?php if (is_single() || is_archive()) {get_sidebar();} ?><!--Call the sidebar if its not a page-->
into what the comment actually says:
<?php if (!is_page()) {get_sidebar();} ?><!--Call the sidebar if its not a page-->
otherwise the sidebar might not get added on the home page for instance, or on attachment pages …

Dude! I like it.