php tags within php tags

  • I’m not sure how to echo a theme option in this code.

    <?php if (!is_page('72')) {
echo "<div class=\"feat_top\"></div>
<ul class=\"feat\">
<div class=\"feat_inner\">
<h4 class=\"largetext\">Title</h4>
<?php echo get_option('sidetext'); ?> //this one

</div>

<div class=\"feat_bottom\"></div>";
} ?>

    the “sidetext” option echoes blank. Is there a way to make it work?

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  • You can’t nest like that, one or the other, HTML or PHP, but you can switch between the two..

    See if this helps… ??

    <?php if (!is_page('72')) : ?>
<div class="feat_top"></div>
<ul class="feat">
<div class="feat_inner">
<h4 class="largetext">Title</h4>
<?php echo get_option('sidetext');  // comments like this go inside the PHP area ?>
<!-- comments in HTML areas look like this -->
</div>
<div class="feat_bottom"></div>
<?php endif; ?>

    Thread Starter nemci7v

    (@nemci7v)

    ooh cool! thanks ??

    So I guess the : in

    <?php if (!is_page('72')) : ?>

    connects the php condition with the code below?

    It’s just a different way of wrapping conditional statements.. ??

    if( something ) {

// something

}

    is the same as..

    if( something ) :

// something

endif;

    Thread Starter nemci7v

    (@nemci7v)

    oooh I see! Thanks for helping ??

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