funny switch in the sidebar

  • Can anyone give me a hand, please?

    I have this in my right sidebar, quite simple:

    <? $why = is_page();
switch($why) {

case "about-us":
echo "About us";
break;
case "latest-news":
echo "Latest News";
break;
case "our-community":
echo "Our community";
break;
default:
print "DEFAULT";
break; } ?>

    Then the pages with that slug are calling or including (neither does work) the same side bar and I would like to display different content on each page.

    The switch does work for the about page but not for the other two and I think I am going crazy :). I mean, if you click on the about page it shows what it’s in the echo for that case, but Default for the others.

    is_page is supposed to get the slug, right?!

    Another curious thing, if I get the about-us case on the second position in the switch, after the latest news, when I click on about-us page I have the echo from latest-news and the rest just on Default! WHY?!

    Thank you ??

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  • is_page is supposed to get the slug, right?!

    Nope. It tests for a specific page using the page title, id or slug. The way that you are currently using it, it just tests to see if you’re on a Page as opposed to a Post. Try:

    <?php
switch(true) {
case is_page('about-us'):
echo "About us";
break;
case is_page('latest-news'):
echo "Latest News";
break;
case is_page('our-community'):
echo "Our community";
break;
default:
print "DEFAULT";
break; } ?>
    Thread Starter Chris Demetriad

    (@carlozdre)

    I got it now, thank you so much.

    I was able to find another solution and I am not sure what to use now.

    ...
switch ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) {
case "/about-us/":
...

    I’d be wary of using $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] on a WordPress site. That may not work in some situations.

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