ryancaldwell

ok. anyway, if I remove the global assignment, the problem persists -> I can’t access a variable defined in single.php in footer.php

jleuze, i had already taken a look at that page in the codex and i can’t figure out how to apply it to my situation.

Actually, jleuze did not answer my question (poorly stated as the question was). is_category is only relevant if dealing with a category page.

I need to be able to check whether the current post is in a category, but I need to be able to do so from within the footer.

So you’re telling me that “is_category” works when you are on a single post?

Well, I’m sure someone will point it out, but please think of “theme-name” and “sample-theme” and “SampleTheme” as synonyms.