Custom Field Display

  • Hello,

    I’ve got a template for a website that I’m making, however not all the products that I sell have text for every single field. My php is not that great so I’m looking for a way to hide a fairly large div that contains an image and some custom field text.I know the basic structure but my knowledge of all the synax regarding the quotations and double quotations is really poor. This is the div that I need to hide if the custom field ‘answer_text’ is empty, but display if it contains any text:

    <!--MODUAL BOX-->
<div class="modual_box">
	<div class="modual_box_icon">
		<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/faq_title_icon.gif" />
	</div>
	<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
	<p>
		<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'answer_text', true); ?>
	</p>
</div>
	<!--END MODUAL CONTAINER-->
	<div class="divider">
		<div class="dark">
		</div>
		<div class="light">
		</div>
</div>
	<!--FAQS END MODUAL BOX-->

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  • try a conditional statement, for example:

    <?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'answer_text', true) ) : ?> 

<!--MODUAL BOX-->
<div class="modual_box">
	<div class="modual_box_icon">
		<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/faq_title_icon.gif" />
	</div>
	<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
	<p>
		<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'answer_text', true); ?>
	</p>
</div>
	<!--END MODUAL CONTAINER-->
	<div class="divider">
		<div class="dark">
		</div>
		<div class="light">
		</div>
</div>
	<!--FAQS END MODUAL BOX-->

<?php endif; ?>
    Thread Starter liondedan

    (@liondedan)

    AMAZING. <— didn’t mean to do that, its just karma for helping. Could you explain to me exactly how you did it with regards to the quotes and double quotes? I was along the right lines but couldn’t get my head around the correct syntax for the quotes.

    with regards to the quotes and double quotes?

    no quotes were harmed during the implementation of the code;

    only the first and last line are new, and those are just part of a standard conditional if statement.

    Thread Starter liondedan

    (@liondedan)

    mmm okay, I thought you had to escape single quotes within double quotes inside php?

    you had to escape single quotes within double quotes inside php?

    no; you would need to escape double quotes within double quotes.

    however, your exsisting code is not even within php; the php tag for the conditional statement was closed at the end of the first line, etc.

    there are online php tutorials available where you can check the proper php syntax.

    Thread Starter liondedan

    (@liondedan)

    Thank you very much for your time alchymth, I appreciate it!

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